Study of the possibilities of 3D-printing for Footwear design and development of models for this new market. : Studie av möjligheterna med 3D-printing för Skodesign och utveckling av modeller för denna nya marknad.

Abstract: The fashion industry is going through a radical change with new technologies. Footwear designers are taking advantage of CAD-software to create groundbreaking models. However, it is not only from a design point of view that the field is changing, 3D-printing technology is becoming an alternative for manufacturing footwear against the contaminating mass-producing system adopted by the fashion industry, challenging the traditional trading system of the products. Starting with a market analysis and user’s research and incorporating later CAD modeling, 3D-scanning and 3D-printing, the following project develops a design workflow for 3D-printing footwear and presents the readers with fresh designs to compete in the market.