{"id":17062,"date":"2023-08-10T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2024-03-06T11:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T11:24:55","slug":"tidhar-zagagi-pixel-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoestechnologies.exum.eu\/?p=17062","title":{"rendered":"The custom shoe trend. Craftsmanship, technology and design. The art of Tidhar Zagagi alias Pixel Shoe."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The custom shoe trend<\/strong> is becoming increasingly popular worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the trait d’union of aspects such as technology, craftsmanship, design, creativity and, above all, customisation (a must-have for footwear lovers). Tidhar Zagagi<\/strong> with his ‘Pixel Shoe’<\/strong> project is an extraordinary example of this phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tidhar Zagagi<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Tidhar Zagagi is a talented Israeli, studied at the Bezael Academy of Arts and Design specialising in footwear<\/strong> and as a product designer<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artist known for his unique and distinctive style in the world of footwear describes himself as<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Tidhar Zagagi<\/a> (LinkedIn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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constantly busy translating ideas into new, innovative and surprising experiences<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nTidhar Zagagi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The story is really curious!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli designer usually stands in the street with a wooden cart, his ‘one-man shoe factory’<\/strong>. Interested passers-by sit on the cart and can place their foot on a last to get a detailed profile of the foot, defining the shape of the sole. In just a few minutes<\/strong>, then, Tidhar is able to make custom-made shoes<\/strong> (turning the mould of the foot into a PU foam<\/strong>), then using a combination of traditional materials and advanced printing techniques<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Example of customised Pixel shoe merged w\/ sock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Each shoe is shaped according to the person’s foot and is also ‘merged’<\/strong> with the sock<\/strong> to create a highly innovative and customised product. The result is amazing<\/strong>: each shoe is unique and literallybears the footprint not only of its creator but also of the person wearing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tidhar is not ‘just’ a craftsman. His works shed new light on the whole footwear sector, namely on how shoes are conceived<\/strong>, co-produced<\/strong>, customised<\/strong> and distributed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customisation: the client as an active part of the creative process<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n