Department of footwear design and construction
The combination of the latest design trends, many years of experience in footwear and the most modern materials will bring a new style of footwear. It is the connection of talented designers, development and footwear companies that aims to create unique design footwear that will place great emphasis on eco-friendliness, comfort, health and customized production.
Designers from the Footwear Research Center have won 5 of the most prestigious international awards in the categories of innovation, technology and design with their footwear called “Hi-tech Footwear Skin”.
The Hi-tech Footwear Skin product responds to the need for comfortable footwear for a middle-aged woman. The benefit of the product lies in the functional and aesthetic solution of high shoes. The upper flexibly responds to leg swelling. The functionality of the shoes is supported by the innovative construction of the sole, in which a vapor-permeable membrane is implemented.
- The shoes are anatomically shaped
- Innovative solution of flexible upper, protected by patent
- New sole construction, protected by patent
- Water resistant shoes with vapor permeability membrane, 2 Knnited Hitech technology
- The project partner is BAŤA, a.s.
- Details on the Hi-tech Footwear Skin project
- Interview with the designer – In Conversation With: Zuzana Bahulova (Global Footwear Awards, 2021)
Project TJ02000125 was created with the support of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TAČR) and the Footwear Research Centre, Tomáš Bata University in Zlín.