Jigsaw Puzzle

Just found another one to watch on I Don't Like Detours, which is a site similar to Not Just A Name, introducing new and upcoming designers/artists etc, his name is Maurice Vandestouwe. M.Vandestouwe is still a student at the Design Academy of Eindhoven, but there'll definately be a lot more coming from this shoemaker! In all honesty, I'm not sure about his shoes comfort-wise, but concept-wise, they are fantastic. His graduation shoe collection was constructed by assembling pieces of wood together, kinda like a jigsaw puzzle (hence the post name), and are attched to the foot using straps and strings! The profile of the shoes are very architectural, and I've always had a weakness for things building-like, don't ask why.

Break a leg

If breaking my legs meant being able to wear shoes like this, go ahead and break them, PLEASE! Gwendolyn Huskens graduated from the Eindhoven design academy in 2008, her final collection inspired by the medical world opened my eyes, I don't know, I just never imagined that twisting your ankle, breaking your leg, etc etc, to be a cool thing, I was always pissed off whenever I had to wear a bandage and the only reason I ever thought a cast was cool was cos my mates could write and draw stupid things all over it, just never pictured it as an accessory. She used medical materials like synthetic plaster, bandages and stainless steel in white and skin tones, to make these shoes. Now that I've seen Husken's collections though, it all makes sense, I need these shoes in my life (those bandaid wedges would do me just fine)!