Study 149: Joey Khamis and Khamis Studio: The Body as Blueprint

This study examines Joey Khamis and Khamis Studio, an independent footwear design practice founded in 2022 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, as a live, structurally coherent instance of Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art. Drawing on a primary interview conducted by OAC Founder Christopher Banks, alongside extensive secondary research across Khamis Studio's published record, the Gravity Sketch workflow documentation, the Zellerfeld production platform, and the traveling museum exhibition Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks, the study deploys the following PLCFA lexicon terms