Icelandic artist Sruli Recht has created the Damage collection of 3D-printed shoes that are designed for extreme environments and to help with old age.
Created in collaboration with creative consultancy Industry, the collection is comprised of three pieces designed as extensions to the foot.
Top: Damage includes three different designs. Above: each design is meant to draw attention to an environmental issue
One pair of shoes can withstand flooding, another can be worn in extreme heat and the third pair helps to stabilise balance.
Recht added an elevated heel, a built-in cooling system and a stability feature respectively to make the shoes suitable for each extreme environment.
The shoes are being sold via NFT platform Foundation
"The idea for this collection began with looking at the language of the functional aesthetics of footwear and how it evolves from its intended purpose through fashion," Recht told Dezeen. "Watching the flooded streets of Venice with people struggling to perform shopping, the evenly cooled houses in the hotter climates, and the death of Leonard Cohen, this idea began to form: what will the most functional prosthetic footwear be for these extremes ? flooding, age, and warming"" he recalled.
From this starting point, Recht asked himself what footwear could look like if it was "based solely on functional needs".
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