Julian Hakes Mojito Shoe

The Mojito Shoe Takes Minimalist Footwear To New Extremes

Posted by: Susannah Breslin Filed in: style
11:10AM, Thursday September 24th 2009

“Wait, this is a shoe?” the guys at Gizmodo wonder. Apparently, yes. Created by London-based architect Julian Hakes, the Mojito shoe is barely there footwear for the high-tech minimalist. The heel is made of carbon fiber, which makes it strong and springy; there’s rubber on the bottom, I assume to stop slips, and leather on top, for a bit of cushion. It’s called the “Mojito” because it looks like a lime twist you get in your drink. Of his shoe without a foot plate, Hakes states this is the “most simple, elegant yet poetic expression of the forces at play within the materials used.” Looking at it, I can’t quite imagine wearing it, but I’d like to try it. [Gizmodo]

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skywalk
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:22 am: [report]

Now these are cute I want a pair!

xifeng882
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:22 am: [report]

This is wearable? I can not imagine walking around Manhattan in those things.

amandabear
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:30 am: [report]

I really want to see this on someone.

*sam*
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:32 am: [report]

how does it stay on your foot?

skywalk
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:37 am: [report]

I just want them, not sure if I’d wear them.

treehugr
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 11:10 am: [report]

i don’t understand how it works, wouldn’t your foot be on the ground? slightly unsanitary (@xifeng882 - i agree! i even feel icky walking in manhattan in flip flops!)

skywalk
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 11:12 am: [report]

@treehugr: Know your toes/foot would be on the flat part and your heal would be up the other end sitting on the little shelf, for lack of better description. So you would wear them like high heeled shoes.

theattack
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 11:39 am: [report]

Oh my gosh I want these. I can’t find a price on them, but I’m certain they’re outrageously expensive.

40yrolddad
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]

WOW! that lit up both sides of my brain at once! the engineer part said: “DUDE! that’s BRILLIANT!” at the same time the “guy” part said: “FRAK! $my_wife would look HOT in those!!!” :D

Anaxa
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 01:16 pm: [report]

Oh my gosh, those are adorable! I would love a pair, and they look like they’d be pretty comfortable, too.

AllThingsConsidered
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 01:41 pm: [report]

They’d be a definite conversation starter, and for that reason I might consider wearing them to a friend’s party or something like that… but I would NEVER walk down a street in them. Too much dirt and hazardous objects on the ground!

PotteryGirl
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 03:33 pm: [report]

I want! And I want to see them on someone!

Taurwen
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 04:01 pm: [report]

I don’t normally want shoes, but I really want a pair of these. Too bad my feet are probably too wide.

Julian Hakes
wrote on September 25 2009 @ 06:16 am: [report]

Thanks guys for the post, there are some more images on these links.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hakesassociates
http://twitter.com/JulianHakes

The geometry has moved on a little since these images and it is very wearable as it was made over a foot to start with which is why it has a natural geometry.

I wanted to make sure it was designed inside out. Mojito ‘on foot’ images will be uploaded soon.

regards
Julian

skywalk
wrote on September 25 2009 @ 06:18 am: [report]

@Julian Hakes: Where and when will this be available?

Julian Hakes
wrote on September 25 2009 @ 06:22 am: [report]

We have had such a great response thank you. Avail on line shortly(hopefully as things are pretty busy). We are working on both the heel and flat version in different widths for chaps version also. Updates will come straight through our twitter. The link is above.

Tatonka
wrote on January 6 2010 @ 08:53 pm: [report]

Hello Julian, I’m back again. Well, I came back to see if you posted a photo of this beautiful shoe on a beautiful foot so we can see how it appears as such. Is this too much to ask? You can design skyscrapers and bridges and now women’s footwear but you’re unable to take a photograph of a foot in a shoe. Seems like a simple request that has been asked of you, repeatedly, from many of your admirers, includ’g myself.

May we see the shoe being worn?

Thank you. I’ll check back in a year; think that’ll be enough time to take a photograph of a foot in a shoe?

Tatonka
wrote on January 6 2010 @ 10:19 pm: [report]

Hello Julian,
I’m back again. Well, I came back to see if you posted a photo of this beautiful shoe on a beautiful foot so we can see how it appears as such. Is this too much to ask? You can design skyscrapers and bridges and now women’s footwear but you’re unable to take a photograph of a foot in a shoe. Seems like a simple request that has been asked of you, repeatedly, from many of your admirers, includ’g myself.

May we see the shoe being worn?

Thank you. I’ll check back in a year; think that’ll be enough time to take a photograph of a foot in a shoe?

Julian Hakes
wrote on January 7 2010 @ 10:57 am: [report]

Tatonka

Thanks for the message but don’t forget, good things come to those who wait.

Keep you eye on Tyra Banks show as her people asked us to send them info on the mojito shoe story. Tyra may become the first person to wear the final design. Also Forbes are running a feature in Feb on our work and the link with our architecture and fashion.

We have lots of prototypes in the studio now and we are in discussion with some major players in the shoe world to scale up manufacture and distribution in time for a formal launch.

We will keep you posted via http://www.twitter.com/julianhakes

All the best for 2010 and kind regards
Julian