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Book launch ‘Do You want your Feet Back? Barefoot Cobblers’

30/01/2019

<p>What makes Catherine Willems’ work on “future footwear” so appealing is its promise to leapfrog more than 150 years of industrialization, with all its attendant afflictions—environmental des­truc­tion, depletion of natural resources, extreme global inequality—and bring us straight into a cleaner and fairer future, while taking cues from ancient knowledge and craft. The research brings three disparate fields together: traditional footwear in very different indigenous cultures (Kolhapuri in India, Sami in Finland, and Ju|’hoansi in Namibia), the biomechanics of the human foot, and advanced technology for 3D measur­ing and printing. The depth and seriousness of the exploration in each field results in a richness of data and information which has only just started to yield its first outcomes.</p>
<p>Christine De Baan</p>

What makes Catherine Willems’ work on “future footwear” so appealing is its promise to leapfrog more than 150 years of industrialization, with all its attendant afflictions—environmental des­truc­tion, depletion of natural resources, extreme global inequality—and bring us straight into a cleaner and fairer future, while taking cues from ancient knowledge and craft. The research brings three disparate fields together: traditional footwear in very different indigenous cultures (Kolhapuri in India, Sami in Finland, and Ju|’hoansi in Namibia), the biomechanics of the human foot, and advanced technology for 3D measur­ing and printing. The depth and seriousness of the exploration in each field results in a richness of data and information which has only just started to yield its first outcomes.

Christine De Baan

<p>Etalage met vaas van Ronald van der Hilst en d 3D prototypes van Barefoot Cobblers</p>

Etalage met vaas van Ronald van der Hilst en d 3D prototypes van Barefoot Cobblers

<p>Links Els Roelandt, samensteller van het boek, en rechts Catherine Willmes, de auteur</p>

Links Els Roelandt, samensteller van het boek, en rechts Catherine Willmes, de auteur

<p>Catherine Willems, auteur van het boek</p>

Catherine Willems, auteur van het boek

<p>Daphne Aalders van Food for Foodies zorgde voor de lekkere catering</p>

Daphne Aalders van Food for Foodies zorgde voor de lekkere catering

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