Discussion On The Characteristics Of Children'S Shoes Design

To design a good pair of children's shoes, we should not only protect children's feet from external damage, but also have the functions that conform to the growth and development of children's feet and physiological functions.

Therefore, the design and research staff of children's shoes should at least master the characteristics of children's foot growth and development and their psychological needs. At the same time, they should have considerable knowledge of materials and crafts. Besides, they should also pay attention to the choice of children's preferences for cartoon, fashion culture and film culture.

Kids brand children's shoes emphasize safety and comfort (by Messe Dusseldorf GmbH)

We know that children's feet need to be about 15 years old before they develop completely.

From childhood to adolescence, feet are most vulnerable.

If there are injuries or obstacles, it will cause different degrees of foot disease or foot deformity, affecting the support and balance function of the foot.

A pair of unqualified shoes may damage the normal growth of children's feet, and will inevitably affect the healthy growth of the whole body.

Therefore, for children's shoes, special emphasis should be placed on the protective effects of shoes on the developing feet.

For the design of shoes, the determination of the last shape is the key, which determines whether the shoes are comfortable and the appearance is beautiful.

The foot type of children has different growth patterns in different age groups, and their dynamic and static foot type changes are different.

According to the study of experts, children of different ages generally have the following characteristics: 12-14 months' babies are very small, their legs are very high, their feet are very high and their feet are heavy on their feet. Children of about 2 years old can walk in great strides, and they have been able to stroll by walking from their heels to their toes. There is no obvious phenomenon of tiptoe landing. When they are 4-5 years old, their legs are coherent, with only a slight bump in each step, which can carry out the ground moving process from the heel to the tiptoe steadily. After 6-7 years old, the walking mode is mature, rhythmic and smooth, the steps are kept constant, the spacing between the feet is small, and the spacing between the feet is small, with only a few tiptoe movements.

When designing children's shoes, there should be some obvious front stilts to prevent the feet from prying in the course of walking, but with the age increasing, the front stilts should be lowered to a reasonable height.

In addition, the heels of children's shoes should not be too high, and the soles should not be too thick and strong, so as not to affect the development of children's walking and feet.

But in fact, a considerable proportion of children's shoes are too big at the front, thick and hard soles, and too high heels. This has an adverse effect on the growth and development of children's feet.

Abroad, children's shoes are particularly concerned with the development of feet.

For example, the first Japanese children's shoes MoonStar, which landed in China this year, has 4 special functions: first, considering the immature foot shape of the child, the spacious and comfortable asymmetrical shoe last is developed to prevent hallux valgus; two, the correct bending outsole design enables the soles to bend along the line from the big toe joint to the small toe joint, and is consistent with the natural bending position of the sole, thereby preventing flat feet. Three, the reinforcing plate box type structure promotes the normal development of the child's foot skeleton and prevents excessive internal rotation; four, the cupped insole designed according to the normal shape of the arch to the heel promotes the healthy development of the arch.

In the summer of 2004, the American clothing company did not introduce the children's shoes called "big bug". It was a kind of retractable children's shoes. The secret of the children's shoes is that the silver buttons on their heels can be stretched according to the sole so as to adapt to the feet that children grow up quickly.

This also provides us with another creative idea.

The design of children's shoes should first pay special attention to the design of two aspects of safety and comfort. Choosing non-toxic and harmless materials and pollution-free technology is the premise to ensure the safety and comfort of children's shoes.

For example, the use of sound design can increase interest, the use of Velcro is easier to wear off, the use of anti slip soles and shockproof insoles are more secure and protective functions.

Different age groups have different characteristics. For children before the age of 3, the foot bones are not yet fully developed, and the ankle is softer. It is easy to sprain. The design of shoes must be based on soft material and high instep, and the whole package is mainly designed to wrap the toes completely, so that children can have a beautiful and round foot type when they grow up.

Besides, soles are best made of breathable and dry material, so as to avoid stuffy little feet.

For children aged 10 or so, they must satisfy their special needs for mischief and mobility.

Children are particularly prone to sweat because of heavy exercise. Waterproof and breathable materials are particularly important.

In this regard, Italy GEOX breathing shoes have been quite successful.

GEOX has more than 30 patents designed specially for tiny pores in the world, absorbing sweat from the bottom of the shoe and discharging it by steam.

GEOX shoes break through the traditional open soles with waterproof breathable membrane, using the Italy shoe making technology and the latest breathable technology to boldly open holes in the soles, so that the feet of the high sweat gland area can get breathing windows, and the membrane pores are larger than the water vapor molecules, but smaller than the water droplets, allowing the steam to go down, the moisture can not come, remove the moisture in the shoes, keep the temperature balance in the shoes, achieve the uniform temperature and foot drying, and quickly discharge the moisture in the shoes.

Mong-E children's jogging shoes can be used as an example of safety design. The shoe is made of ultra lightweight EVA MOLD rubber sole, which can reduce foot pressure and prevent leg obesity. It is lightweight, comfortable, durable and convenient, and is equipped with dazzling bright lights to ensure children's walking safety at night.

In addition, Nike's children's shoes are made of leather and synthetic leather upper, plus WATERSHILD waterproof interior, and small projections on the outsole are designed to increase the area of the ground. The soles of the soles are used in the PHYLON middle of the shock absorbing light, combined with the drawing design and reflector, suitable for children to wear on rainy days, giving children more security and comfort.

The famous German artist Christian Junghanns designed twist children's shoes for Betula, using the space flight pattern to show children's fantasies (by Betula Schuh GmbH).

As a designer of children's shoes, we should pay more attention to childlike innocence and childishness, and we should think about the position of children.

German artist Christian Junghanns has designed children's shoes ROCK and TWIST for Betula Schuh GmbH company. The pilot design of the children's shoes on Betula comes from the childhood dream of Junghanns.

Junghanns believes: "children usually have totally different ideas from adults.

Like many young boys today, I once dreamed of traveling in outer space, which is why I chose pilots for Betula children's shoes.

Because of the physiological and psychological characteristics of children, the design of children's shoes is quite different from the design of adult shoes and boots, mainly because children have distinct characteristics in their wear function, aesthetic preference and consumption mode.

In particular, today's children are widely influenced by television, film and television, Internet and other mass media, as well as video games, anime and so on. Their choice bias is obviously different from that of adults.

Therefore, it is particularly important for children's shoes designers to have knowledge of children's psychological characteristics, to understand and familiarize them with their preferences for clothing and shoes, and to understand their objective knowledge of color, lines and other design elements.

In the form design, 4 elements of color, material texture, accessories and pattern decoration process need to keep pace with the changes of the times and reflect the characteristics of the times to meet the aesthetic needs of a special consumer group.

For example, Mitch, SNOOPY, Dr.kong and other well-known foreign children's shoes brand material, exquisite workmanship, fully consider the physiological development characteristics of children and naive nature, or lively and dynamic, or generous and lovely; appearance is rich in variety, personality is outstanding, every little detail makes people feel the originality of humanized design.

For example, the design of GEOX children's shoes is mostly bold and bold in style, with two major themes: cool and retro.

Adidas Originals goofy children's shoes series, because of its cute image, has long been popular with children.

This is Adidas's collaboration with Disney to make the perfect combination of the 3 characters of the Adidas and the cartoon characters, and apply them to the crystallization of clothing and footwear.

In a word, the design of children's shoes should be fully unified with beauty and practicality, and the exterior color of rich personality is an important aspect to attract children's eyeballs. Therefore, it is very important to fully reflect the development of the foot type and the design of the psychological needs of children.