It's a rubber boot with the pointed nose of arabic slippers and arabic ornamental patterns printed on it.
project:
araboots
all weather slippers
typical arabic pointed slippers suited for the dutch climate
shape of the boot and the ornamental patterns
typical dutch product (kaplaars) everybody needs in Holland and that can be made at low cost. It looks fresh and appeals to a broad public.
Everybody with his/her head in the sky and his/her feet in the mud.
I live in an area with a lot of arabic influences, the elhema competition made me think about ways to integrate the things I see around me, like the pointed slippers, in 'traditional' dutch products.
research into arabic ornamentation, printing techniques and manufacturing possibilities.
a rubber boot manufacturer who likes to make something new.
