Ecco has supplied leather scraps for a concept shoe designed in collaboration with Denmark’s Design School Kolding. It has been nominated for a Danish Design Award. The Sealo is based on a classic Ecco sole and an upper made from leather scraps from ECCO’s shoe production. Liam Maher, creative director of Ecco, said: ”Ecco has always produced quality shoes with a longer life cycle than regular throw-away fashion items, even long before sustainability was a topic on the global agenda. But the importance of sustainability is ever-increasing.” The shoe is nominated in the Visionary Concepts category. The award will be presented on 13 May 2019. The jury said: ”The reuse of materials is just as important for shoes as it is for clothes. On a yearly basis, about 300 million shoes are disposed. The cooperation between Ecco and Design School Kolding aims to address the problem seen from a design and trade point of view and is an important factor in the development of long-term solutions.”
