MA Footwear student Ross Barber shows new 3D printed components combined with traditional shoe making craft at the LCF MA graduate exhibition. Previewing carbon black 'soft-touch' flexible material with sponsorship from EOS, and utilising optimised material structures from Within Labs - which create the organic sole and overshoe structures by generating honeycomb like structures in a software package normally used for medical implants and aerospace engineering applications. The shoes were also on the catwalk at the V&A graduate show, proving that the technology is now going beyond just prototyping and into the realms of manufacturing real product solutions.