{"id":848,"date":"2022-09-20T10:37:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T08:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/?p=848"},"modified":"2022-09-22T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T09:04:13","slug":"vibram-carrarmato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibram Carrarmato, the beginning of a design story and the quest for a dialogue with nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"share\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 align-self-center\">\n                    <div class=\"title d-inline\">By Giovanni Comoglio<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"date d-inline\"> \n                        <span class=\"mr-2 ml-2\">|<\/span> \n                        20 September 2022                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 align-self-center text-center text-md-right social\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer.php?display=page&u=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/\" class=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/facebook.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=85 years ago, Vitale Bramani patented the Carrarmato rubber sole, the starting point of a decades-long experimentation bringing mountaineering and the human being ever closer, combining performance, experience and sustainability.&url=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/&via=DomusWeb\" class=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/twitter.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/&media=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1938-Brochure2.jpg&description=85 years ago, Vitale Bramani patented the Carrarmato rubber sole, the starting point of a decades-long experimentation bringing mountaineering and the human being ever closer, combining performance, experience and sustainability.\" class=\"pinterest\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/pinterest.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"mailto:?body=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/ Vibram Carrarmato, the beginning of a design story and the quest for a dialogue with nature&subject=Vibram Carrarmato, the beginning of a design story and the quest for a dialogue with nature\" class=\"email d-none d-sm-none d-md-inline-block\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/email.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/&text=85 years ago, Vitale Bramani patented the Carrarmato rubber sole, the starting point of a decades-long experimentation bringing mountaineering and the human being ever closer, combining performance, experience and sustainability.\" class=\"telegram d-md-none\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/telegram.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/?text=https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/en\/advertorial-eng\/vibram-carrarmato\/ 85 years ago, Vitale Bramani patented the Carrarmato rubber sole, the starting point of a decades-long experimentation bringing mountaineering and the human being ever closer, combining performance, experience and sustainability.\" class=\"whatsapp d-md-none\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-ed-shortcodes\/shortcodes\/share\/images\/whatsapp.svg\">\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Share -->[vc_column_text]The Vibram story starts from Milan, from its deep bond with the surrounding mountains, and grows along almost a century of research animated by the love for mountaineering and the continuous overcoming of one&#8217;s own limits.<\/p>\n<p>As early as the 1920s, Vitale Bramani was already penning and signing articles for the Club Alpino\u00a0 Italiano (CAI, the Italian Alpine Club) magazine as Vibram, an acronym of his name, which was to soon label the shop he and his wife Maria Fasana opened in 1928 in Via della Spiga 8, Milan,a reference point for a lively city community of mountaineers. At the age of 17, he had already climbed the Torrione Magnaghi; but a few years later a tragedy occurred that changed the course of his life. In 1935, during an excursion to Punta Rasica with the SEM \u2014 Societ\u00e0 Escursionisti Milanesi, of which he was a guide \u2014 he lost six companions, who froze to death due to a sudden change in the weather and inadequate equipment, preventing them from returning to their refuge.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"single-image big\">\n        <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1959-Vibram-shop-in-Milan-1.jpg')\"><\/div>\n        <span class=\"caption\">Vibram Store, Milano 1959<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Single Image --><div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n\n    <div id=\"tracking-section-afe007373c4aca64fce59830cb122ed8\" data-section=\"LONGFORM 1\"><\/div>\n\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n    \n            var waypoint = new Waypoint({\n                element: document.getElementById('tracking-section-afe007373c4aca64fce59830cb122ed8'),\n                handler: function() {\n                    trackScrollLongform(this.element.dataset.section);\n                }\n            });\n\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Tracking Section -->[vc_column_text]Deeply struck by this terrible loss, Vitale Bramani began a relentless quest to raise safety levels in mountaineering: blaming part of the incident on unsuitable footwear, he looked for a solution for a sole that encompassed the grip of \u00a0light climbing shoes and the sturdiness of a studded boot. The ingenious intuition consisted in substituting the heavy iron spikes of the boot soles with strong rubber spikes. After several tests, in 1937 Bramani with Ettore Castiglioni conquered the north-west face of Pizzo Badile, using what is still famous today as the Carrarmato sole. What distinguishes the technological innovation of the first Vibram sole is the combination of the materiality of rubber with the iconic and functional Carrarmato design.<br \/>\nFrom a design point of view, in fact, the Carrarmato sole has radial &#8216;crown&#8217; nails on the sides, which provide safer grip employing the shape of traditional metal nails, while in the centre it has cross-shaped nails: these latter elements extend the grip and robustness across the entire sole, as well as the performance of a self-cleaning surface, and by their shape they evocate the crosses on mountain peaks, and the floor decoration of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"double-image\">\n        <div class=\"left-image\">\n            <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1937-Gemelli-Peaks-VB_-Castiglioni-1.jpg')\"><\/div>\n            <span class=\"caption\">Vitale Bramani with Ettore Castiglioni, Piz Badile, 1937<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"right-image\">\n            <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1954-Italian-expedition-on-K2-with-Vbram-soles-1.jpg')\"><\/div>\n            <span class=\"caption\">Italian K2 Expedition, Vibram Carrarmato soles, 1954<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Double Image --><div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n\n    <div id=\"tracking-section-3094765c9be0442dbab90cacf1693f91\" data-section=\"LONGFORM 2\"><\/div>\n\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n    \n            var waypoint = new Waypoint({\n                element: document.getElementById('tracking-section-3094765c9be0442dbab90cacf1693f91'),\n                handler: function() {\n                    trackScrollLongform(this.element.dataset.section);\n                }\n            });\n\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Tracking Section -->[vc_column_text]The iconic octagonal Vibram logo is also inspired by the Gallery, in particular by its central octagonal vault: this logo, created in 1947 and then released in golden yellow starting from 1969, was destined to remain to this day, marking the soles of Timberland Yellow Boots or Ferragamo lace-ups, or Snoop Dogg\u2019s outfit on the cover of his <em>Da game is to be sold, not to be told<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In 1947 the first factory was opened in Gallarate, followed ten years later by the Albizzate facility, which is also housing the company&#8217;s headquarters today: Bramani&#8217;s path was shifting from a story of passionate mountaineering to that of modern industry and innovation, on a scale that was soon to become global. In 1954 the conquest of the K2 peak by the Italian team of Ardito Desio, all equipped with Vibram soles, gave the brand an international fame that would keep on growing constantly, even more when the K2 peak was climbed again in 1978 by Jim Whittaker&#8217;s team, this time without oxygen but always with Vibram equipment.<br \/>\nIn those years the brand had already expanded, exporting production licenses to America, and was aiming to diversify through new patents such as the Security sole with which Vibram would set its position on the Work&amp;Safety market.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"single-image big\">\n        <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1938-Brochure-2-scaled.jpg')\"><\/div>\n        <span class=\"caption\">The First Vibram soles brochure, 1938<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Single Image --><div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n\n    <div 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had been closely linked to the world of design from the very beginning \u2014 Angelo Bianchetti would design the new Milanese brand store in Via Visconti di Modrone \u2014 then by the end of the millennium the design challenge of product sustainability was taken up, with the creation of the Ecostep sole, made of 30% recycled rubber.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion of a culture of renewal and reuse, criticizing all replacement-based behaviors, is also a design challenge: Vibram has been pursuing it for decades by providing components to the Repair and cobblers\u2019 market, and in recent years this same challenge has been addressed and brought closer to consumers through the Vibram Sole Factor experimental program, relying on an international network of partner shops and on four Vibram Academies in Europe to customize any type of shoe with a unique Vibram sole, specially configured according to individual taste and required performance.[\/vc_column_text]<!-- ED Shortcode - Gallery GP -->\n<div 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In this way, it was possible to meet the principles of groups that would have otherwise been fierce opponents of footwear, such as the barefooting communities, which are actually showing a great interest in the Vibram product.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"video big\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper-video\">\n            <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xP3Co2mUszg\" frameborder=\"0\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n            <span class=\"caption\">Vibram Carrarmato. The first rubber sole for mountaineering since 1937.<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Video --><div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n\n    <div id=\"tracking-section-ce117ab010d89a7e8258db99a52e0abd\" data-section=\"LONGFORM 4\"><\/div>\n\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n    \n            var waypoint = new Waypoint({\n                element: document.getElementById('tracking-section-ce117ab010d89a7e8258db99a52e0abd'),\n                handler: function() {\n                    trackScrollLongform(this.element.dataset.section);\n                }\n            });\n\n        });\n    <\/script>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Tracking Section -->[vc_column_text]The same spirit of innovation has then characterised a completely new project in the following decade, Vibram Furoshiki The Wrapping Sole, the winner of the Compasso d&#8217;Oro award in 2018: a pure interface that is less and less identifiable as a shoe, a technical object taken to its highest essentiality where ergonomic bands in Sensitive\u00ae Fabrics by Eurojersey develop directly from the sole, enveloping the foot and guaranteeing a personalized fitting, deriving its nature from the traditional Japanese square handkerchief.<br \/>\nThe ethics of a respectful contact with the natural environment, transforming outdoor equipment into an interface of pure experience, have evolved as mirrored by Vibram&#8217;s claim, changing from \u201cBetween the Earth and you\u201d to \u201cYour Connection To Earth\u201d.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ed-shortcode\">\n    <div class=\"single-image big\">\n        <div class=\"image\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/article.domusweb.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2004-Vibram-Fivefingers-the-first-foot-glove2-1.jpg')\"><\/div>\n        <span class=\"caption\">Vibram FiveFingers, 2004<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- ED Shortcode - Single Image -->[vc_column_text]This narrative path leading through more than eight decades, starting from Bramani&#8217;s first intuitions, recounts Vibram&#8217;s strong connection to innovation and to the multiple aspects co-creating the notion of sustainability: a part of the Italian sports industry DNA since the beginning, through quality and durability of products, this idea has been translated into projects aiming to steer the transition towards circular economy models, and developing local recycling strategies, implemented where products are actually consumed. 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