Brief: Design the next slide.
Footwear plays an essential function in protecting the foot from mechanical trauma.
Latin for armor. Looking at the animal kingdom, it is fascinating that there are many organisms that has a protective shell of armor around them but humans is not one of them. Instead we created man-made shells for protection during various activities.
Armis is designed with the opportunity of providing the protection to the type of footwear with the least coverage.
Armis is designed with the opportunity of providing the protection to the type of footwear with the least coverage.
Design for the 4th industrial revolution, Armis is to be completely digitally manufactured in one piece.
Submission for design competition: Laceless Challenge for slide
Top 5 design out of 500+ submission.
From left to right: Examples of armor in the animal kingdom and how it is adapted into products like helmets with a shock absorbent inner structure.
A lattice structure serves as the base of the design with strategically placed shell elements.
Armis is designed to be fully 3D printed in a singular print and useable thereafter. There are still challenges in 3D printing footwear at the same time there are rapid developments which makes this design a possibility in the near future.
With the lattice shock absorbent base, taking input from the foot pressure map, each lattice can be tuned specifically. Every pair would be unique to each individual, fully utilizing the potential of additive manufacturing.
