Natural Walking. Nuovo comfort e tessili sperimentali nel Design degli accessori

The present essay illustrates the design driven approach that crosses the research and production sectors that belong to different fields of application, at first sight divergent. In fact, the design creation process stems from the definition of strategic development scenarios that integrate future visions and innovative knowledge to be proposed in this case, in the accompaniment to development for the growth of local manufacturing and agricultural-production systems. The strategies for development are based on research and experimentation and contribute to creating a common ground of exchange, a sort of intelligence of the system that allows the transfer of knowledge from one area to another. The presented case study demonstrates how this is possible, and what elements are involved in guiding the inclusive dynamic and allowing dialogue between innovation-oriented areas of application through the transfer of know-how. The convergence of intents give rise to the dynamics of collaboration that supports new applications in the sectors of textiles and fashion. The interdisciplinary design driven approach guides the applied multi-sector research, the areas involved in the case study are the following: textile design to experiment with innovative knowledge in the fashion industry of the shoe accessory; the agrarian-productive for the multi-sectoral valorisation of textiles obtained from vegetable fibers, in this case hemp; behavior design, behavioral analysis to ensure physical and motor well-being in the definition of specific criteria and the consequent main characteristics of the design project for the shoe accessory.