shifted shoes: how to hand sew your own footwear at home

conceptual fashion designer iga węglińska introduces ‘shifted shoes’, a footwear concept designed to be hand sewed at home. by following easy instructions users can create by themselves the design pieces to assemble their own shoes, utilizing materials and colors of their desire. the construction guide includes all the steps one by one and the necessary materials and tools that are required.all images courtesy of iga węglińska

the project by cracow-based designer iga węglińska is part of an open design series consisted of three fashion pieces: ‘gloving jumper’, ‘shifted shoes’ and ‘naked ring’. the collection was created as an open-source design to be made at home, including different difficulty scales of execution,while using various techniques. – from hand sewing using home-printed patterns, to machine sewing and 3D printing. all three designs are available on creative commons license with non-commercial use.

project info:

name: shifted shoes from the open design series

designer: iga węglińska

the project was implemented as a part of funds from the ministry of culture and national heritage of poland

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: christina petridou | designboom