Braaten, Lia Marie2014-03-142014-03-141998-05-08etd-8398-84743http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37012The purpose of this study is three-fold: First, to use the foot as a site for a study of form, materials and joints. Second, to investigate the form by studying it as a transformable group of component parts. Last, to ask the question, how does a product become malleable and changeable in terms of intent,transportability and its relationship to the body?33 leavesapplication/pdfenIn Copyrightproduct designfootwearshoe designLD5655.V855 1998.B733Thesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-8398-84743/