The Kunsthal Rotterdam proudly presents the result of Pet van de Luijtgaarden’s passion for collecting, from 2 July till 11 September 2011. Pet is a visual artist who is fascinated by the absurdity of abundance when it comes to ‘stuff’. ‘Shops are getting larger and fuller, but what do we need it all for?’ As a collector, Van de Luijtgaarden...

During the second edition of the Fuenso International Shoe Design Awards in Mallorca Minna Parikka won the award award for best breakthrough designer 2011.After working and finding inspiration in London, Milan and Barcelona Minna Parikka returned to her native Helsinki in 2005 to launch the Minna Parikka brand. Minna’s love of footwear is based on the fact that shoes –...

Shoe Love in pop up is a fantastic book by Jessica Jones. The book for shoe lovers that already have every shoe book on this planet!It features ingenious pop-ups, interactive pages, beautiful illustrations, brief history of the shoes, funny quotes. Each page is a new surprise. Famous shoes by Vivienne Westwood and Manolo Blahnik are shown in a new way....

Liza Snook, the director of the Virtual Shoe Museum has several shoe collections. Liza:‘I was born with a passion for shoes and I have been collecting shoes now for more than 25 years. My private collection consists of a library of shoe books, shoevenirs, shoes from different cultures and hundreds of Barbie shoes.’ My collection of wearable shoe is as...

For the second time, the Virtual Shoe Museum was present “in the real”. During the three days of the first Chinese appearance of the GDS, we shared a booth with Nicoline of Y-trends who organised some shoe trend seminars.With over 100.000 visitors the show was a big succes, and although the Museum was a bit of a alien, we got...

Part of the Domestic Torture II Collection 2011 Oh, the things I have done to pinch, pull, prick, pierce and poke myself . . . just to be pretty. During the process, I turned several shades of purple. What is Torture?I hate high-heeled shoes! I especially hate how we, as women, continue to wear them despite the obvious fact that...

Girls just want to have fun, but when it comes to origami, the traditional art of paper folding hasn’t kept up with the times.  While those innocuous cranes are pretty, they’re just not enough to capture the imagination of the modern day girl.  Thankfully, origami aficionado Cindy Ng is bringing this ancient art form into the 21st century with Girligami:...