Hella Jongerius and Camper together: A tribute to Camper
by Floor Serbrock posted on April 26, 2010And the results are in. Last year Camper teamed up with Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius and her crew, Jongerius lab, to create a new range of shoes for Camper Together.
Embarking on the task, Jongerius lab delved into the Camper archives, to be inspired by its icons: “I decided to continue where the former shoe designers of Camper stopped,” says Jongerius. Four existing models were picked to be scrutinized, praised, and re-invented: Pelota, Peu, Imar, and Brothers.
The Jongerius lab researched the patterns of the classic Pelota and thought of possible ways to refine the stitching. The result remains true to the models’ comfort, class, and simple elegance. No radical changes here; rather, an eloquent emphasis of the shoe’s most defining features.
Tweed fabric, laces, and rubber compose the re-interpretation of the Brothers model, in which “the idea of imperfection and randomness” infused the design, and the Peu is updated with funky multicolored binding, giving it a new eclectic vibe.
Check it all out for yourselves here.









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