This is aimed at Belgian children roughly between ages of 8-13. We will be making cheap shoes sustain the ability to help infections heal. This will also used to help manage diabetic infections and help them heal. Our goal is to stop the need for amputation from diabetic foot.

Project Statement

Gasmin Claes

• Gasmin works two jobs on in the day and one in the night. Gasmin has to feed her two children with all of the money she makes from these jobs and doesn't have much left over.

• Gasmin has diabetic foot and can't find any shoes in her price range that can help this.

• Gasmin needs her feet to work and having to amputate them would cost a lot and would stop her from working.

 Diabetic Foot can affect your foot in many ways, and cause a variety of problems in your foot. You can experience loss of feeling in your foot which can make it hard to know if there is a cut or blister in your foot. A wound that you are unaware of is very easily infected. Diabetic foot can sometimes get so bad that you have to amputate your foot.

Overview of Condition

Design Requirements

We want a shoe that is cheap, comfortable for someone with diabetic foot, and has good aesthetics.

Design Sketches

Prototype V1

Next Steps



• We are going to rebuild the prototype using cardboard so it is stronger.

• We want to add the straps that hold onto the leg so that less pressure is put on the foot

• We want to build the shoes using a a small amount of big parts so it takes less time to create.

• We want to find out what the material for the real show should be and represent them using lo fi materials.