Inspiration

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The idea for our design came from a collaboration of personal experiences and a common interest in tackling health and safety concerns. It began with a discussion on what our goals are for this sustainable design project. Throughout the conversation certain topics were repeatedly mentioned – health and safety. These correlating topics formed the foundation to the conceptualization of our design. After further discussions and initial research the direction of our project was centered around creating a product that can insure the safety of the users and intern minimize health concerns.

In addition, it was a personal experience of one of our group members that helped us to identify what product should be implemented. The story was about a family member who had gotten cut on their foot due to an improper shoe. Unfortunately, this lead to an infection and a slow deterioration of the person's health. It was from this we did research about the importance of foot care to health and the need of shoes.

Furthermore, keeping in mind user centered design it was apparent that the design and end product must be sustainable. Therefore, it was important that the materials could be easily found in the environment.