Make calls with your shoes!

 An artist has created what he dubs the 'new' Walkie Talkies by building retro phones into a variety of shoes.

Designer Sean Miles has built the quirky art piece using old Nokia and LG handsets sent in by O2 Recycle customers who no longer had a use for them and building them into iconic footwear that includes a Christian Louboutin heel, a classic men’s brogue, a Nike Air trainer and a Hunter Welly. 

These Walkie Talkies are upcycled by combining recycled handsets and vintage shoes to create fully functional phones that double as pieces of desirable art.  

Each Walkie Talkie performs exactly as a normal phone would, the keypad being incorporated into the sole of each shoe.
The mobile phone upcycling project has been created by O2 Recycle, which pays up to £260 to those who recycle their gadgets.

Designer, Sean Miles said: 'I wondered how I could make phones that people might be embarrassed to be seen with into something that would give them a new lease of life – which is what upcycling is all about.

'I hoped that, by turning them into Walkie Talkies, I would raise a smile and perhaps a laugh and create things that people wanted once again.

'I’ve been using them while out with friends and they never fail to start a conversation, even when I’m not using them as a phone! 

'I hope that they can get more people talking about the need to recycle old gadgets rather than binning them.