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Virtual Shoe Museum : Samira Boon
Home of the Virtual Show Museum

Please read our Terms and conditions for using this website.

The Virtual Shoe Museum was initiated by Liza Snook in 2004. Once the idea was born, a long search began for designers, photographers and publishers connected to shoes. New friendships developed and our mailbox filled with loads of material on fantastic shoes, art and design on shoes.

And finally, with the help of Taco Zwaanswijk of Interactive Affairs, who designed the site, and Bart van der Ploeg of Resolume, who programmed the database and created the content management system, we're live! And proud! And we're only just beginning...

If you have any questions about the collection, or leads on shoes or designers, please let us know. Also, we're interested in your opinion on the collection and your experiences in the museum. You can contact the Virtual Shoe Museum by mail: Liza@VirtualShoeMuseum.com.

The Virtual Shoe Museum has different 'perspectives' on a shoe or object. These perspectives (designer, focus, colour, material, etc) show related objects and thus ways to navigate the collection.

The left column of the screen contains the main navigation. Each perspective contains several 'rooms'. Each room contains thumbnails of the objects it contains (on the right side of the screen). Choose any to view this object.

On an object's page, below the image, you can view more images, video and text (if available). Above the thumbnails, you find a list showing all the rooms this object belongs to. Here you can wander the rooms and find related objects.

 
designer

Samira Boon

BOONDESIGN, established by Samira Boon, is a Tokyo-based product, textile, and interior design studio. Central to the design process is the relationship between user and object/space. Products are not seen as final and fixed, but are adaptable according to circumstance or the wishes of the user. This flexibility creates an active relationship between user and object. Minimalism and simplicity characterise the work, which while inspired by traditional objects for daily use in Asian culture, are transformed with contemporary styling. The different features and character of each product necessitate a range of materials and techniques. As these are developed, design and material use influence each other in both directions. The products are on sale in numerous shops around Japan, Europe and the USA (e.g., MOMA in NY). BOONDESIGN also works on assignments for museum and art shops, including The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art and Nadiff. Interior and exterior spaces have been designed for and in collaboration with ADK Japan Real Estate. BOONDESIGN works have been featured in various fashion/design magazines, focusing on and emphasising a fresh attitude towards traditional and daily use objects. Samira Boon was born in the Netherlands. After graduating with a Masters degree in architecture from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands in 2002, she was granted a Monbusho Research Student Scholarship for 18 months at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, architecture department. Meanwhile she founded BOONDESIGN.

www.samiraboon.com

 

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