PELE

Footwear Design by Nuno Matos

A collection of seven pairs of men’s shoes, Pele is a design project resulting from a creative process dictated by research and experimentation. Shoes-objects developed through creative interpretations, technical solutions, functional orientation and personal aesthetics. Pele explores concepts related to aging, deterioration, the abrasion and the use of matter. It is time, history, memories, the life of objects exposed to human activity and the effects of nature. Pele is nourished by referencing the universe of classic men’s footwear of the twentieth century and by the observation of visual stories of the 1940/50, portrayed in photographs of Irving Penn’s “Small Trades”, among others. Pele plays with opposite, extremes, and contrasts: rich versus poor, refined versus rough, interior versus exterior, old versus new. It presents a collection of men’s shoes, each model with its own identity, custom-made and set within a contemporary design reality. Pele is also a document/book that reveals the creative journey of the designer and tells of prototype production, running through collaborative interceptions with other designers, artists, artisans and technicians of the Footwear Industry.

OPENING COCKTAIL
15 October 17h 00

15 – 30 October 2009
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nº 83 – 4º andar
Lisbon, Portugal
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Monday to Saturday – 10h to 20h
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