Several Modes Of Thinking In Footwear Design

Footwear design is a creative activity, including two processes of thinking activity and product materialization. For beginners, the thinking of footwear design should be based on evidence. This basis is what we call consumer groups, design themes, design concepts, materials used in design, colors such as design, etc. Although there is no need to list a large number of design theory clauses in the design process, it does not mean that they can express their desired designs as they please, and the ambiguous design caused by immature design points will also lose meaning. Sometimes design inspiration, but do not know how to start, design ideas slip away, or see good reference materials, but do not know how to integrate the use of this time, we need to use some methods to solve different design problems step by step.

The design method is a common design method in many design fields, and it is not unique to dress design. For example, the way of combination, the style of extension forms the sports leisure shoes; in the dress design, the combination of the top and the skirt becomes a dress. In our life, we can also see the way of combination. For example, on the basis of the ordinary scissors, we design multifunctional scissors, and use it as many scissors. Besides being used as scissors, it can also be used as planing tools to remove radish, potato and other rough epidermis, or to open cans and bottles. It can be seen that the design method emphasizes the thinking angle rather than the specific technical treatment. Footwear design method refers to the use of design theory and design rules combined with the characteristics and requirements of footwear design methods. The purpose of the design method is to provide necessary assistance in the lack of concepts or lack of effective means in the designer's mind. It has the following characteristics:

1. Strong independence: individuals can design reference materials independently and design independently.

2, strong operability: clear method allows us to quickly put into the design of creative thinking.

3, strong mechanical: can be based on simple and effective definition and method, clarify their own design thinking and methods.

4, strong combination: in the design process gradually mature, you can reflect a variety of design methods in the design body.

5, flexibility: design is not static, design method is not the beginner in the minds of the establishment of the design system when the entry of the road, when the designer has mastered a certain number of design experience, it should not follow the design method to follow the design method, should avoid being too formalistic and go into the design of dead ends, so that the design is dull.

6, strong reliability: in the confusion of design, leading the way forward.

7. Scalability: when design is integrated into the mind, it is no longer restricted by rules and regulations.

Footwear design often applies the following design methods: space method, subdivision method, bionic method, retro method, series method, reversal method, change method, combination method, association method, limit method, addition and subtraction method and echo correlation method. Next, we summarize the above design methods in order to apply flexibly in the design process.

　　 Space design method

We can design each shoe as an independent space. Just like our room furnishings, we can use the space to arrange furniture reasonably. We can also use this method on shoes, and make reasonable composition according to the design requirements and use aesthetic knowledge to form the creative method of the work.

　　 Two. Partial design method

We know that shoes are made up of components, components, components, accessories and parts. The subdivision design method is a partial design for the components of the shoes mentioned above. For example, after designing a framework for shoes, we need to carry out detailed design of components and components, and use aesthetics to form a reasonable combination.

　　 Three, bionic design method

The bionic design method is the designer through the sense of nature, animals, plants and other beautiful forms, using the generalization and typicality of these forms to sublimate and artistic processing, combined with the structural characteristics of shoes, creatively design shoes. There are two main applications of bionic design in footwear design.

1, in the shoe parts imitation, plant, objects and other forms of modeling. It can be the bionic design of the local parts of shoes, or the bionic design of shoes overall shape, which expresses the intention of the designers. Such as puma produced series of racing shoes and its produced animal series shoes and so on.

2, imitate the texture of animals and plants, such as imitation fish skin, snake skin, crocodile skin, tree stripe and other materials.

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　　 Four, retro design method

The retro method of footwear design refers to the footwear style, which refers to some ancient costumes and decorative patterns. It uses some classical patterns to decorate shoes. According to the characteristics of modern footwear, it redesigns the footwear styles, so that shoes can reflect a kind of retro classic design method. There are three main points in the application of this design method in footwear:

1., referring to some retro classic shoes, use its classic lines or parts to fuse some new materials, colors and techniques for the fusion design of shoes.

2. use some patterns that reflect the retro style to decorate shoes. For example, the screen printing pattern or the texture of sole.

3. the use of some ancient materials such as silk and canvas in the treatment of materials, such as silk thread, canvas and so on, and traditional techniques, such as manual sewing, etc.

　　 Five, series design method

The series design method is a series of design methods for designers to make a series of deformations in the use of divergent thinking of certain or certain design elements of shoes, expand the form of design elements, and produce various styles of the same conceptual style. The application of series design method in footwear design has six main points.

1, the last shape serialization: This is the most common, such as the pointed nose series, round head last series, and so on, such as the fashionable women's casual shoes used in the pointed top series.

2, color serialization: such as fashion color collocation, such as fashionable skateboard shoes, on the color matching is more bright and bold and steady.

3, materials serialization: for example, the series of shoes, the combination of anti velvet skin and PU, the matching of mirror leather and space PU.

4, style serialization: such as racing style, retro classic style.

5. The serialization of parts: the parts here have both sides and sole parts, such as shoe tongue, eye piece, heel and so on, and shoe parts such as side walls, soles and so on. For example, the same series of shoe tongue labels are applied at the same time, such as the 6 series of Nike.

6, serialization process: we can apply the same process in serialization, such as the contrast line, the ornament button, the reverse connection, the vehicle universal technology and so on.

It is worth mentioning that when applying serialization thinking, we must choose the design rule that can highlight the demand of footwear and design the fusion. The series design rule is not a single existence, but a series of designs applying several rules.

　　 Six, reversal design method

The reverse design method of footwear, as the name suggests, puts the original shape and shape of shoes in the opposite position. Popularly speaking, it is to change one's mind to think about problems. The meaning of reversal design is not just changing the shape of footwear, but also the beginning of a new form of footwear. There are three main applications of reversal design in footwear design:

1, reverse the shape of shoes. Such as whether the new shoe eye protection method is suitable for the shoe shoe last shape, whether it will damage the style of the original shoes or other factors should also be taken into account or the location of the parts and workmanship changes.

2, reverse the use of footwear. For example, whether it is possible to change men's shoes into women's shoes or children's shoes, whether summer shoes can be changed into color in winter or autumn, or whether the technology of sports shoes can be applied to casual shoes.

3, reverse the footwear fabric and process. Referring to the materials and matching collocation of the same style, or dealing with the materials such as dirt on the canvas and the big floor, this will bring a brand-new perspective to the designer's choice of fabric. Reversing the process often results in unexpected results. The reversal of technology includes the simplicity of technology and the reversal of annoying, the concealment and the reversal of exposure.

　　 Seven. Change design method

The change design method of footwear refers to the transformation of one or more elements in the existing form to form a new result. Popularly speaking, the law of change is the way to steal. If handled properly, the effect is amazing, but the means adopted are very simple. The application of change design method in footwear design is similar to reversal method, and also includes the transformation of elements such as material, technology and color. If the position of the heel of the rear shoe is the car decoration line, we can change the position of the car decoration line, and the lines remain unchanged, but the location of the car line is changed into an independent part.