t-project/proto

Proto

Upper made of up-cycled prototypes;
Sole made of 50% recycled post consumer soles, 25% virgin natural rubber, 25% virgin synthetic rubber.

The Proto style is literally the result of our experiments. A “waste” that can’t be avoided during the design process are the prototypes. They are produced for each style and repeatedly worked over until they get perfect and are ready for production…but then? Then we found a way to repurpose them into this innovative up-cycled shoe.
Here, elements such as seams, laces, eyelets, zippers, elastics, leather defects, white inscriptions or correction details from the disassembled prototypes become a key part of the new design. Not only each pair, but each one of these individual shoes will be unique.