The Mojito Shoe Takes Minimalist Footwear To New Extremes
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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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?
bethlynn00
wrote on September 24 2009 @ 10:36 am: [report]
I would be scared of stepping on something in the street.
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.