We found that with a ‘normal’ sandal the dirt gets trapped under the foot on the shoe / foot plate and then as the foot gets warm it sticks to both the shoe and foot.

Also have you noticed how dirt does not stick to your ankle as there is nothing to trap the dirt. When you think about it the heel is not actually much further from the floor and yet is stays cleaner.

In our testing on the Hakes shoes the foot is kept cool and fresh as it is practically suspended in the air. There is also less surface to trap the dirt under the foot – especially on the arch area.

News update: The Hakes Mojito prototypes flew out from Heathrow last week and are now with a major international manufacturer / distributor, update will follow soon.

regards
Julian

The design works just fine and we are well underway with testing and tooling. We have lots of prototypes in the studio in London and we are in detailed talks with a number of larger scale fabricators to prepare for formal launch.

The models and people on the team who have tried the mojito shoe say its like walking on air as they are so cool and light on the foot, only supporting the parts needed.

Keep your eye out for the Tyra Banks show in early 2010 as she will be featuring the Julian Hakes Mojito on her show – also Forbes have picked up on the story of the mojito, in particular about the links between architecture / engineering and fashion design – this is expected in Feb.

Updates and news will be initially fed through http://www.twitter/julianhakes

best regards for 2010 to Dezeen readers and the team at Dezeen
Julian

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