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
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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.