Home of the Virtual Show Museum

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The Virtual Shoe Museum was initiated by Liza Snook in 2004. Once the idea was born, a long search began for designers, photographers and publishers connected to shoes. New friendships developed and our mailbox filled with loads of material on fantastic shoes, art and design on shoes.

And finally, with the help of Taco Zwaanswijk of Interactive Affairs, who designed the site, and Bart van der Ploeg of Resolume, who programmed the database and created the content management system, we're live! And proud! And we're only just beginning...

If you have any questions about the collection, or leads on shoes or designers, please let us know. Also, we're interested in your opinion on the collection and your experiences in the museum. You can contact the Virtual Shoe Museum by mail: Liza@VirtualShoeMuseum.com.

The Virtual Shoe Museum has different 'perspectives' on a shoe or object. These perspectives (designer, focus, colour, material, etc) show related objects and thus ways to navigate the collection.

The left column of the screen contains the main navigation. Each perspective contains several 'rooms'. Each room contains thumbnails of the objects it contains (on the right side of the screen). Choose any to view this object.

On an object's page, below the image, you can view more images, video and text (if available). Above the thumbnails, you find a list showing all the rooms this object belongs to. Here you can wander the rooms and find related objects.

designer Roger and Sarah Adams (RoSa Shoes) Davide Allieri Irene Andessner Omar Angel Perez Gerd Arntz Zita Attalai Britta Bacon Shani Bar Paul van Barneveld Gary Baseman Jason Bass (JB Classics) Abel Bazan Betty Becker Riëlle Beekmans Naäm Ben René van den Berg Sjors Bergmans Rosanne Bergsma Arnold van Bezooyen Zjef van Bezouw Marloes ten Bhömer Dirk Bikkembergs Daphne Bikker Sophie Birkmayer Alice Bodankzky George Boedecker Olga Boldyreff Samira Boon Jan von Borstel Adam Brandejs Nina Braun Michael Brown Irma Bruggeman Marijke Bruggink (Lola Pagola) Barry de Bruin Isabell Buenz Thomas Campbell Airco Caravan Ulysses Carrion Francesca Castagnacci Andreia Chaves Tzu Chen Chen Patrick Cox Filly Cusenza Susan Cutts Cybersissy Sebastian De Line Bernadette Deddens Massimiliano Della Monaca (SICIS) Maroushka Devers Gabriel Dishaw Disk (We love Kicks) Piotr Dluzusniewski Egbert van der Does Dolce & Gabbana Pauline van Dongen Stefano Dosi Dosic (We Love Kicks) Arjan Ederveen Hester van Eeghen Julia Eichler Pol Engels Petra Esveld Ezra (We love Kicks) Jan Fabre Liam Fahy Alexander Fielden John Fluevog Petra Galogaza Javier Gasco Brigitte Giraudi Vincent van Gogh Snežana Golubović Paul Graves Bruce Gray Wopke Grobben Marie-Louise Gustafsson Julian Hakes Maartje Halink Ineke Hans Matthew Harrison Koen Hauser Arne van Herk Herr Orm (We love Kicks) Bart Hess Collin Hnetka Ivo Hofsté Marte den Hollander INSA Claes Iversen Laura J Roxanne Jackson Peter Jakubik Jackie Janowski Jan Jansen Karin Janssen Bernard Jongstra Brian Jungen Juse Egill Kalevi Karlsson Masashi Kawamura Nadine Kieft Kenneth Kirschner Deborah Kiwi Sabine de Kleijn Rachel de Kler Jiří Kolář Lieke de Koning Ella Koopman Anna Korshun Roos Koster Annejet Kosters Maria Källström Petra Laaper Bertrand LandrO Margaux Lange Sacha Lannoye Le Creative Sweatshop (Ndeur + Make A Paper world) Sophie Lepinoy Jacob Lesman Weronika Lesniak Kobi Levi Beth Levine Michelle Liebmann Julia Lipinsky Christian Louboutin Miriam van der Lubbe Silvia Lüftenegger Kyrstyn M. Machupicchu Maide Rachel Mallory-Richards Manfield Saskia Marcotti Martin Margiela Olimpio Martins Jacob Mathew Mick van Meelen Mariana Meier Simone Memel Eelko Moorer Robert Muda Tetsuo Mukai Katarina Muttich-Reed Carlos N Molina Llorraine Neithardt Cindy Ng Phong Nguyen Ester Nieuwhof Yoske Nishiumi Ted Noten Michael Oehler Erwin Olaf Johan Olin (Com-pa-ny) Meret Oppenheim Agustin Otegui Riina Oun (Õun) Suhandan Ozay Demirkan Claudio Parentela Minna Parikka Bart Persoons Antoine Peters Tea Petrovic Fidel Peugeot Mario Philippona Claudia Pieroni Maris Pill Anne Poesen Suzanne Poort Hayden Porter R&E Praspaliauskas Niek Pulles Kepa Rasmussen Sruli Recht Helen Red Richards Hans Peter Reuter Helena Rietjes Roswitha van Rijn Johan Ringdal Svenja Ritter Nathalia Robayo Ange Robinson Marte Rodenburg Nick Rosenboom Ben Rousseau Joachim Ruckh Kelly Sant Raffaello Scardigli Iris Schieferstein Paul Schietekat Sanne Schrijver Mark Schwartz Joana Silva Barbara Silva Stig Olav Skeie Jesse Skolnik Matthijs Sluiter Aamu Song (Com-pa-ny) Linda Spann Angela Spieth Luca Stappers (for Opel) Jared Steffensen Marjolein Stormezand Strawberry Frog Katrien Strijbol Danny Sullivan Aloi Sunti Liesel Swart Jan Taminiau Michel Tcherevkoff Marcelo Teixeira Sebastian Thies Ninna Thorarinsdottir Merryl Tielman Johanna Titselaar Orly Trost (Boeji) Johanna Trudzinski Tetsuya Uenobe United Nude Julia Veres Helene Verin Polly Verity Lisette Verkerk Betony Vernon Viktor&Rolf Josine Visser Hester Vlamings Renate Volleberg Rhonda Voo Elly de Waard Karin van de Walle Patricia Waller Carmel Walsh Stuart Weitzman Julius Welby Lie van der Werff Vivienne Westwood Marielle Wichards Joyce Wierda Laurens van Wieringen Judith Wiersema Dominic Wilcox Marlie Witteveen (Lola Pagola) Daryl van Wouw Yazbukey Stephen Yeung Andy Yoder Giuseppe Zanotti Barbara Zucchi Zush Rhonda Zwillinger