Virtual Shoe Museum by Lisa Snook

Shoes have long been the subject of fetishes, books, art and tradition. From henna tattooed feet to bound feet to shoe designers like Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo, footwear is of interest to both shopaholics and penny pinchers. Whether you have a closet full of $500 shoes or just one pair of Birkenstocks, shoes are worn by just about everyone.

Admire from a distance is exactly what you do when you visit Liza Snook’s Virtual Shoe Museum. The museum dates back to 2004 when Ms. Snook started to exchange ideas with designers, publishers, photographers and other people connected to the shoe business. The result has been a wonderful collection of beautiful, extravagant, exciting, thought provoking shoes both real and virtual from all over the world.

Searchable by everything from the designer’s name to the focus, use or style, the site is filled with imaginative and beautiful designs. Even sculpture. Be sure to look at the ‘extreme’ section.

Pioneer is a shoe that converts the kinetic energy of walking into electrical energy, which powers a headlight at the front of the shoe.

Chen Feijun and Zhao Bin designed a shoe ,Pioneer, that converts the kinetic energy of walking into electrical energy, which powers a headlight at the front of the shoe. The red dot award: design concept 2007 winner is a smart fashion choice for any evening/ night activity.

The Converse sneakers are making a comeback in the shape of a speaker, designed by 3F Studio.

Converse Shoe with built in speaker, all the Converse fans will have even more to be excited about. The Converse Shoe design by 3F Studio is a large model of a Converse shoe that has incorporated speakers for listening to your favorite tunes while lying back on the shoe relaxing. What a wonderful concept for these most incredible shoes!

The Lofu is infinitely sportier, trendier, and less likely to illicit finger pointing and laughter from onlookers. There’s a slight Diesel-esque quality about them so they seem to dress well with almost anything. In fact I have them on now with a dark pair of denim jeans and they look great, just like a pair of sneakers. That’s perhaps the best part about the Lofu, utility and comfort like Crocs with a lot more wearability.

Show of hands who have shoved their feet into their sneaker quickly, thus creasing the heel turning them into mules? It can’t only just be me because Sofie Collin’s research into the Nike brand revealed it’s something people, particularly women want.

Takara Tomy has released new robots, i.e. the good old Transformers, that can transform into a shoe or earphone! The earphone transformer even has a nifty name - Transformers Music Label Frenzy & Rumble!

Add a funky flavor to your phone calls. This disco diva shoe-shaped phone operates as a normal telephone with disco ring tones. Disco darlings are sure to love the flashing lights and outrageous design. Includes three funky ring tones to choose from. Measures 6.4″ x 4″ x 9.4″.

Link & Image : etoys

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Traipse round the house and clean the carpet at the same time ? genius!
Just going to run the shoe-ver round…

Crafted like a pair of lurid green slippers they?re designed to hoover, sorry, Electrolux up dirt as you shuffle around your gaff.

They?re still at the concept stage, but if the company?s executives have any sense at all they?ll push them into production faster than you can say ?extendible toe nozzle.?

We?d love to scuff round the house sucking up dirt as we go, and while they?re not going to win any fans in the fashion world, we still reckon they?re a cut above your average slip-ons.

Link & Image : t3