16 Aug Ica & Kostika: Fashion of the Future
If you know me, you know I’m always on the hunt for the next best thing in fashion. That’s when I stumbled upon the fashion-forward Ica & Kostika. With the launch of their first collection, Exobiology, this revolutionary luxury footwear brand is creating shoes for the future with 3D printed shoe designs that explore the future of life and fashion in the universe. What I love about this line is that it introduces nature-inspired elements in an unfamiliar way resulting in a design that it totally unexpected and new – something I’m seeing in architecture as well.
Be inspired by the styles below and how they compare to architectural structures displaying a similar design concept.
Left: Ica & Kostika Mcyelium Shoe Right: Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Museum United Arab Emirates photo by Agnieszka Kowalczyk via unsplash
The Mycelium shoes are inspired by the radial growth of the mycelial branching from mushrooms. There are three variations: a wedge, a heel, and an extreme heelless style.
Left: Ica & Kostika Seahorse Shoe Right: ArtScience Museum Singapore photo by Sandro Katalina via unsplash
The Seahorse shoes borrow the same beautiful skeletal structure of a seahorse with segments gradually changing scale. The Seahorse shoes have a wide range of materials and hand-painted finishes, each with their own unique geometric form.
The Spine shoes manipulate the vertebrae of the spine to create a continuous form along the foot. The spine shoes are available in three finishes: silver, white and black chrome. Additional finishes may be available upon request.
“This collection is a celebration of the natural systems that create beautiful intricacies and how we can go beyond nature to create a form engineered to our desires, something otherworldly” states Ica Paru.
Co-Founders Kostika Paru & Ica Paru
ABOUT ICA & KOSTIKA
Ica & Kostika is an emerging luxury footwear brand accentuating the fusion of footwear design and technology. They employ a hybrid of techniques exploiting the advantages of various industrial processes, including both additive and subtractive fabrication. The studio highlights exclusive small production runs while focusing on computational innovation. Click here for more information.
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