A recent activity with which he has been involved has been a collaborative footwear project that he has led. It forms part of a wider European Union-funded research programme called Re-FREAM, in which artists, scientists and designers have worked together with the aim of rethinking manufacturing processes for the whole of the fashion industry, including footwear. His contribution has been to explore new materials and fabrication methods, resulting in what he calls a more sustainable approach and a wearable, user-centred design. A new ‘biometric evolutionary shoe’, the Evolve IM, is the end result.

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