We were struck by this New York Magazine article last week that more or less chided all of humankind for its addiction to unnatural footwear in recent centuries. From the article, we learned that shoes compromise the natural structure of our feet, so that we pound too hard on our heels and aren’t able to roll our toes off the ground like we’re supposed to. While this particular PSFK contributor is quite a bit more comfortable in 4-inch heels than in slippers, that might just be an anomaly: barefoot is indeed better.
So we were happy to see Josh Spear direct our attention to Vivo Barefoot, sneakers that are designed to put minimal strain on our natural gait. Wearing them will feel slightly strange at first, with every cobblestone or crack in the pavement felt through the sole (kind of like rock climbing shoes), but we think that’s kind of cool.
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After just buying an ergonomic ultra wavy keyboard I’ve started noticing how ‘flat’ most items are. Flat, straight and kinda square…. as I sit looking at the flat, square screen in front of me…. the rectangular computer box, and my mobile phone lying square and flat on the table beside the wavy keyboard. My feet meet the flat floor in square toed shoes and the surface of the flat chair I’m sitting on supports and flattens my rounded butt. hhhmmm… has this world got anything to do with flattening thoughts, ideas and dreams? Phew I read this article with a sigh of relief….. finally a natural structure to support, enhance and perhaps encourage more than our toes to ‘get with the program’. Naturally.
May 9th, 2008 at 1:34 am