# Project Description STAGGER YIQIAO LI Summary Final work I'm Yiqiao Li, a designer at the intersection of industry and footwear. My practice is built on a foundation in product design (China) and specialized through an MA in Footwear at LCF. I'm Yiqiao Li, a designer at the intersection of industry and footwear. My practice is buil... College London College of Fashion Course MA Footwear Graduation year 2025 An experimental footwear collection that disrupts routine urban rhythms and activates embodied awareness through mechanical and tactile intervention. Final work STAGGER These post-speculative footwear introduce subtle disturbances and unfamiliar sensations into ordinary actions like walking, standing, and sitting. By disrupting the continuity of everyday movements, STAGGER transforms them into acts that are more playful, more challenging, and more rhythmically conscious . These minor interruptions open up perceptual gaps within automated behaviour, gently guiding the wearer to redirect attention to their physical state and reestablish the connection between body and consciousness in daily life. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery CONNECTED CONNECTED on feet Model: Simon Research and process STAGGER AWAKING This experimental short film follows the STAGGER footwear series. It traces a journey of the body slowly waking from numbness. The film begins with the rhythm of London — flickering traffic lights, the roar of underground trains, the overlapping footsteps of crowds. The city operates like code, precise and unrelenting. Within this pattern, the protagonist walks. Each pair of mechanically structured shoes disrupts his movement. His steps falter, his body hesitates, and gradually begins to shift and awaken. Each step, each imbalance, becomes a chance to rediscover the ground. In the space between concrete and steel, his movements loosen. He no longer walks to match the system, but begins to move with his own rhythm. In the end, he takes off the shoes and stands barefoot. The noise fades. Only breath and footsteps remain. Share this project An experimental footwear collection that disrupts routine urban rhythms and activates embodied awareness through mechanical and tactile intervention. A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Aesthetics Body Artefact ExperienceDesign Footwear