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Lasso Shoes by Gaspard Tiné-Berès at Show RCA 2012
Royal College of Art graduate Gaspard Tiné-Berès has designed slippers made from just one piece of felt and a shoelace (+ movie).
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The slippers are delivered flat-packed and come with coloured laces that the user has to thread along the seam, which curls around the edge of the sole and over one side of the upper.
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Tiné-Berès graduated from the college's Design Products course and his work is on display at Show RCA, which continues until 1 July.
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We recently published a movie of Design Products course leader Tord Boontje giving a tour of the show - see it here.
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We have also featured an eye-tracking camera and jars made of radioactive earth from this year's show - read all our stories from the show here.
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Here is some more information from the designer:
These slippers are constructed from a single piece of natural wool felt, their 3D form being created by complex 2D geometry of the pattern.
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The shapes are die-cut from sheets of 5mm thick felt with minimal, simple and affordable tooling - making this product very suitable for small-scale local production.
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The slippers are delivered flat-packed for assembly by the user by "sewing" the seams with the standard laces supplied in a colour of their choice.
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The act of self-assembling the slippers increases the sense of ownership and emotional connection with them and allows for personalisation through the choice of laces used.
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House and Gardens Scholarship helped my to invest in the die-cutting tools in order to produce a range in ten standard sizes that I will be selling directly via a dedicated website opening next september.