Self-Assembled Modular Footwear

The challenge is enormous

Camper introduces the Roku Modular trainer, which is comprised of six components that can be altered and remixed. The shoe is easily assembled and disassembled, made with a minimal design that has low impacts on the environment as well. The trainer is made so that all of the individual components of the shoe can be replaced and recycled. It is sold as fully assembled or as its own components, depending on the preference of the customer. The idea is that it can be built by customers at home using long laces and elastic bands.

Camper lead designer Eliška Horčíková tells Dezeen, "Looking back at where we started, there was more of a to-do list than a visual moodboard. We wrote down some key points around circularity and then I started making small prototypes on my own to test different ways of how to construct and disassemble shoes without any glue, so we can repair or clean and then disassemble and recycle the shoe or its pieces. Very soon, we found out that the shoe needed to be made from the least parts possible. Each piece needed to be made with the minimum manual labor, considering zero waste during the production as well."

Image Credit: Camper