Double-Sides Slippers

red dot: best of the best
red dot award: design concept 2008

company:

Newplan Design Co., Ltd

design:

Zhang Xun Li Cheng

With a central slit, the Double-Sides Slippers can be worn from both the top and the bottom.

It is common practice to leave one’s slippers beside the bed before tucking in. Fumbling to put the slippers the right-way-around for wearing when one wakes up can be an inconvenience, however. Either the wearer has to adjust their body position to suit the slippers, or the slippers need to be flipped with one’s feet until they face the right direction. Although an insignificant problem to many, this commonplace issue may sometimes lead to frustrations.

Made of a thin sheet of rubber with a slit in the middle, Double-Sides Slippers have been designed to enable the user to wear the slippers from both directions. This dualistic concept is based on the traditional Chinese Yin and Yang philosophy. If the slippers are not facing the right direction, the user has to simply use the feet to tap on the slippers in order to get them to face the desired direction for wearing.

In addition to the harmonious form and colour used in the design, the slippers’ soft and flexible material provides comfort. The material used also helps retain the slippers’ original form when they are taken off.