Nat-2 launches a spectacular capsule collection of LED Sneakers including 3 different LED outsoles for women, men and kids. The three soles all together have about 20 different functions from colour-changing to flashing and going round.The entire outsole changes with a simple push on a hidden button while wearing the shoes. Every pair can simly be quickly re-loaded many times...
Basel’s next Museum Night will take place on Friday 16th January 2015. Because of the current exhibition ‘History under your feet – 3000 years of shoes’ at the Spielzeug Welten Museum their night programme will be a big celebration of shoes. From 18.00 til 2.00 there will be various shoe performances, tap dancing, shoe making, flip-flop workshops and shoe games....
The Vienna State Guild of shoemakers and orthopedic shoemakers, will hand out the ‘The Crazy Shoe Award 2015’ in Vienna on April 25 as part of the Viennese Shoemaker’s Ball 2015. Europe sure needs more crazy shoes, so you (when based in Europe) are invited to join the competition and send in your registration form until February 3 2015. The...
I would like to wish all shoe designers and shoe lovers a very happy and inspiring New Year! 2014 has been a shoe roller coaster with various exhibitions and various other shoe projects (Shoe Shows in the Middle East, photo research for a new series of Workman NY shoe calendars, judging shoe design students) and I have met so many...
In order to make wearing high heeled shoes more comfortable and easy, HEELBOPPS were developed by Katharina Hermes. Those functional, yet sophisticated and feminine add-on-heels can be put onto the shoes heels, fitting on various shapes and easy to pull off again with a slight twist. They will look just like a slightly enlarged classic D-shaped heel and as if...
Special shoe exhibition at the Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel from 18 October 2014 – 6 April 2015, in collaboration with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery from England and the Virtual Shoe Museum. This special exhibition is devoted to an everyday object that for millennia has served to protect the soles of men, women and children: the shoe. In...
SLEM organizes two revolutionary international footwear conferences on December 10 & 11, both taking place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. These ‘SLEMinars’ are organized together with Jakajima – matchmaker for innovators – and will feature internationally renowned scientists, technologists, material experts, physicians and designers, speaking on the subjects of footwear health technology and future footwear materials.This way SLEM aims to create...
From Friday 28 till Sunday 30 November 2014, the sixth edition of Meesterlijk will take place in Amsterdam, at the Westergasfabriek. This is the event where product designers, fashion designers, food designers and artisans share their passion for design and craftsmanship with the public. In this edition Makerszoon by René van den Berg and the Dutch Shoe Academy also will...
Shoe art, signed & numbered Helena is back. After an overwhelming response on various boots featured in international exhibitions, Helena decided to make her shoe art available to shoe lovers. This fall she will be launching ‘Gloria Flamenca’, the first in a series of exclusive, signed and numbered boots which all have been in expositions but never produced before. These...
Dutch designer Rosanne Bergsma starts a new workshop ‘create your own leather accessory’ at Sunday October 19 and from December 6 the new course ‘Make your own shoes’ starts. A course for everyone who loves to create. You will become familiar with the craft of shoemaking in the studio in the Fashion quarter in Arnhem. WORKSHOP | ACCESSORYCreate your own...
