Gadget Lab’s speed-loving editor Dylan Tweney likes to run barefoot. Or at least he did, until the problems of loping shoeless around the trash strewn streets of San Francisco became obvious. The foot-shaped, glove-like Five Fingers shoes from Vibram are one option, but an even more minimal concept comes from designer Frieke Severs.
The Footsticker is a flexible plastic membrane that sticks to your skin like a, well, like a second-skin. There are three designs, each conceived for a different activity. The cream-colored yoga skins, for example, offer high-grip protection for the heel, big-toe and the pad immediately behind the big toe.
Other shapes stick on to protect your feet during dancing or “combat cardio”, stopping injury to the most used spots of the feet but letting the muscles and bones move over each other without restriction, one of the attractions of doing sports barefoot.
You probably wouldn’t want to stick these on for a jaunt downtown, though – a Tenderloin junkie’s discarded needle still has plenty of flesh to aim for, but for indoor sports they look great. An added bonus is that your feet stay cool, and you won’t stink the place up like you do with those old rotting sneakers of yours.
Footstickers – Independent graduation at Nike EMEA [Behance]
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- Barefoot Running
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