Reinventing Shoes: United Nude

Based in Amsterdam, United Nude is a world leader in the design of technically advanced architectural footwear. After working separately with fashion designer Iris van Herpen and architect Zaha Hadid, the practice went on to collaborate with a number of pioneering architects and product designers wo...

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Published in:Architectural design Vol. 87; no. 6; pp. 70 - 75
Main Author: Koolhaas, Rem D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2017
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:
3D Systems
Ammonite
Architecture
Ben van Berkel
Chuck Hull
Design
Fashion designers
Fernando Romero
Flames shoe
Footwear
Francis Bitonti
Galahad Clark
Ilabo
Iris van Herpen
Italy
laser sintering (SLS)
Michael Young
Milan
Mutatio Shoe
Nova Shoe
Re‐Inventing Shoes
Ross Lovegrove
Salone del Mobile
Shoes
Shoes & boots
stereolithography (SLA)
Technical University of Delft
Three dimensional printing
United Nude
UNX2
Young Shoe
Zaha Hadid
ISSN:0003-8504, 1554-2769
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Summary:Based in Amsterdam, United Nude is a world leader in the design of technically advanced architectural footwear. After working separately with fashion designer Iris van Herpen and architect Zaha Hadid, the practice went on to collaborate with a number of pioneering architects and product designers worldwide for an exhibition at the 2015 Salone del Mobile in Milan. As a cofounder of the firm, Rem D Koolhaas recounts the journey so far, revealing the questions it raises and the capacities and limitations of 3D printing in this field.
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ISSN:0003-8504
1554-2769
DOI:10.1002/ad.2240