Yunfei Ma
About
Yunfei Ma is an innovative and creative footwear designer. Her works are strongly inspired by the architectural structure, sculptures, and contemporary abstract arts. She is fascinated by the combination of existing footwear manufacturing methods with modern 3d printing technology to create something ‘new’ for the future footwear.
Previous Degree
BA Cordwainer Footwear, London College of Fashion
Awards
The wining team --- Porsche design x RCA
Second Prize ------- Timberland x RCA
Second Prize ------- The Cordwainers National student of the year awards 2018
Statement
The future of innovative footwear
“Shift +” collection explores the possibility of multi-colour 3D printed and Zero-waste 3D printed structures to create imaginative and sustainable shoes.
SHIFT +
The advancement of technology will shift our design thinking and manufacturing processes, as well as our lifestyle. I believe the future manufacturing processes will evolve from the factory-made shoe to the home-made 3D printed shoe. 3D printing will allow for customization and then it will also make more sense to assemble one’s shoes locally.
My work is strongly inspired by the animation Ghost in the Shell, by sculptor Antony Gormley, Bridget Riley’s, Piet Mondrian’s and visual futurist Syd Mead’s artworks, as well as by brutalist architectural structures.
My aim is to design functional 3D printed walking art. I am interested in a response to the surrounding space through relationships of color, shape, and scale. I have tried to generate my abstract artworks and applied them to my designs by using 3D printing technology.
Medium: 3D PRINTING TPU, SILICONE RUBBER