This footwear collection explores a future where enhance performance has no limits. Following the steps of the legendary racing series that bears the same tittle and gave birth to some of the most powerful and sophisticated, rally cars. Know as Group B, and commonly referred to as the golden era of rallying; where the constructers where gave free rein and little to no regulation. A philosophy that strive to enhance and exceed.
The most logical and expected solutions to our questions and problems cause innovation to stagnate. Resulting in a conservative view and a lack of self expression at the moment of creating. For instance innovation on footwear technology are considered mechanical Doping instead of a next step on our human capabilities. Why not start a race for designing the best enhanced performance sneaker? how will that look and how could it help improve our human abilities? Free and hands on experimentation can be the catalyst of ideas that challenge and exploit new thresholds and abilities of what once seemed unimaginable before. Setting the bar higher and creating a new challenge for new ideas.
Based on the idea that innovation is formed in the absence of rules and restrictions. What if a shoe could take on this role? It could become a way of repositioning how we think of our physical abilities and what can be expected from footwear design, as well as a tool for self expression. Suspended from the conventions of what a sneaker needs to be while maintaining its essence. An idea hand-crafted from passion for footwear, car culture and science fiction, that with professional development can open the door for an exiting future to come. A future where creative expression drives innovation and helps humanity strive for transcending beyond its limits.
Overall Winner Global Footwear Awards 2022
3 Category Winner
Presented at:
-ArtEZ Product Design Finals, NL 2022
-Dutch Design Week, NL 2022
-SchoenenKwartier, NL 2023
