tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17323129.post-91265485039081807622008-05-14T08:11:00.000-07:002008-05-14T08:15:08.298-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dustfactoryvintage.com/uploaded_images/reply1-737803.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://dustfactoryvintage.com/uploaded_images/reply1-737773.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Used skateboard decks continue to pile up due to the production of over 100,000 decks per month in the United States alone. Reply explores this material waste stream as a resource for women's shoes. By utilizing the overall shape and material properties found within the deck, the women's shoe takes on an interesting aesthetic quality. This project is also a reapplication of waste skateboard decks in an unexpected way. By taking a movement-based leisure product mainly utilized by males, a creative method of reuse is reapplied to a movement-based market for Eco-conscious women.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dustfactoryvintage.com/uploaded_images/reply2-703860.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://dustfactoryvintage.com/uploaded_images/reply2-703846.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />see more of Kris’s conceptual design projects @ <a href="http://krislovett.com">krislovett.com</a>MILOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821871529142919317noreply@blogger.com