Merging Footwear Design and Functionality

Abstract

Functionality and appearance are key aspects of good footwear. Developments in recent science and technology offer a wider scope of innovations, contributing to diversity and higher complexity of the production concept of footwear. Contemporary industrial footwear market offers a practically limitless number of new design and fashion solutions, often of quite similar appearance, but with significant differences in quality level, both regarding manufacture, raw material content, durability, and in some special functional finishes. The materials for footwear manufacture are functionalized for functional protective purposes, such as antimicrobial, waterproofing, fire resistant, wear and tear resistant, and recently for some therapeutical purposes. Novelties in material functionalization for the materials built in the footwear are most often promoted and presented on tags and labels and are used as advertisement issues, while some functionalities have become a logo for some brands.

Toplinski otpor goveđe kože i kompozitnih laminata za profesionalnu obuću

“…Kromno štavljene kože imaju najveću toplinsku vodljivost i najniže vrijednosti toplinskog otpora. Biljno štavljene kože imaju najveću toplinsku absorptivnost koja je povezana sa znatnom količinom štavnih i neštavnih tvari prisutnih u strukturi [6]. Različite obrade sirovih koža rezultiraju različitim funkcionalnim svojstvima gotovih koža, pa tako i na svojstv propusnosti topline i/ili vodene pare.…”

Optimization of the FDM Processing Parameters on the Compressive Properties of ABS Objects for the Production of High-Heeled Shoes

“…In recent years, 3D printing technologies have become very important in the fashion world due to the wide range of design possibilities, lower prices, and faster results, and they are used in various applications, including shoe production [40][41][42][43].…”

“…The application of additive processes focused on the development of new shoe models enables the production of three-dimensional prototypes, personalized products, and smaller series of manufactured models [44]. AM processes can be used to produce functional footwear parts with very complex geometries, good dimensional tolerances, and smooth surfaces of the manufactured parts.…”

Ispitivanje otpornosti na plošno habanje 3D ispisanih ispitnih tijela iz akrilonitril/butadien/stirena postupkom taložnog očvršćivanja

“…ABS is a plastomeric amorphous polymer composed of polymerizable styrene, acrylonitrile and polybutadiene and generally has good flexural strength at reduced temperature, satisfactory stiffness and dimensional stability, glossy surface and the ability to perform functional testing of parts [9,10]. The application of AM processes in the footwear industry for the production of complete shoe models or individual parts such as soles or heels is becoming increasingly important [11][12][13][14]. Shoes or their parts produced using the FDM process are no longer a novelty, but represent a hybrid fusion of traditional footwear and innovative 3D printing technology [15][16][17][18].…”