CZECH RETRO BOTAS COLLECTION

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 10:10

CZECH RETRO BOTAS 66 COLLECTION

Every known label has got own retro icon. And now, I would like to introduce you lovely BOTAS 66 project. Two students from VŠUP (Prague´s art college Jakub Korouš and Jan Kloss, created remake of history Czech fotball shoes Botas. It was start as school project, but their soon receipt 1st European Design Awards 2008, 3rd at Czech Grand Design 2008 and after show on Milano Design Week.

Created for selling was 13 proposals: 01 SIMPLE, 02 PATRIOT, 03 SKETCH, 04 GENTLEMAN JR., 05 INSANE, 06 URBAN GREEN, 07 SWEET CANDY, 08 PURPLE RAIN, 09 ACID HIVE, 10 TERRITORY, 11 CAMEL, 12 SERIOUS and 13 REPRESENTANT. And every box of shoes also include little collector pack :-) .

Maybe, you also alredy heard about Tomas Bata - Czech shoes maker, with own ideology, shops around the world. And now you can buy this uniqe collection of shoes at Bata stores in Prague.
Tip: Visit biggest shoping mall BATA on Wenceslas Square 6, Prague 1.

The story of botas classic 66

1966 - Botas Classic (design Marcel Scheinpflug)
1978 - redesign by Milan Mlynář
2005 - Czech 100 Design Icons
2008 - new botas classic 66 (design by Jan Kloss and Jakub Korouš, students of VŠUP/AAAD, Prague)
2008 - 1st at European Design Awards 2008
2009 - 3rd at Czech Grand Design 2008
2009 - Czech Selection in Milan