in Dutch: Houten Schoeisel Festival. In this years exhibition, on show from March 29 till November 2 2025, we focus on festive clogs and wooden footwear. Maxim Verheul presents his unique designs, specifically focusing on the craft of handmade Dutch clogs. Pieter Zandvliet, a Dutch multimedia artist, shows his beautiful clogs in a lively, comic-like painting style. In addition visitors...

Eight creative collections (2024) in Tuscan veg-tanned Leather. Eight talents from prestigious international fashion and design institutes interpret Tuscan-Veg-tanned Leather through the lens of contemporary art, craft and innovation. 
Vote your favourite at our stand (Hall 15 Stand A02/A18) 25 to 27 February 2025 or online via Facebook and Instagram. Happy and honoured to be part of the jury again...

SHIFT is the new menswear event from the co-founders of Modefabriek that will start this January 26 and 27 2025. The event brings together a selected group of leading brands and retailers. With a focus on quality, authenticity and innovation, SHIFT offers a platform where change and innovation in the menswear industry are central. Shoe designer Amber Ambrose Aurèle (@amberambroseaurele)...

Both Workman Publishers calendars show a wide variety of well know designers and extraordinary shoes selection from the Virtual Shoe Museum collection (since 15 years!) including students from René van den Berg Academy/NL, SASK Shoe Design/d’Academie Beeld St. Niklaas/Belgium, College for Creative Studies (CCS) Detroit /USA, Jewelry & Fashion Department Bezalel Academy/Israel. The René van den Berg Academy and SASK...

This sneaker design contest ran from september to november 2024. A huge thank you to all the creative talents who participated! On December 10 2024, with 14 jury members, we selected from over 100 submissions the 5 winning designs, congratulations to: Adèle DendaletcheBlurring the line between clothing and footwear, this hybrid sneaker draws inspiration from shirt detailing to create unique...

Step into the future of fashion! Simultaneously with ‘Not Looking Back’ in the exhibition hall of the cultural center, d’Academie Beeld organizies an additional exhibition ‘Fashion Reflections’ on fashion and shoe design in our Square Room. This exhibition showcases silhouettes and creations by graduates, combined with photo and video displays. d’Academie Beeld is a key part of this project, as...

Jo Cope’s sole exhibion, on show from 21.09.2024 till 25.05.2025, at the Museu do Calcado in Portugal.The Path has long been used as a metaphor for life’s journey and the decisions made along the way; from poetry about untrodden paths and religious parables about the right path to take to quotes about the path as a symbol of internal truth...

Almost every human being owns a pair in one or another execution. On the one hand this universal object leads a visitor of Shoes Or No Shoes (SONS) through all ethnic cultures and peoples, from the first foot-covered footsteps of humans till today. On the other hand through the world of modern art, highlighted out of a surprising perspective. Thanks...

After the exhibition already has been shown at the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf and the Landesmuseum Darmstadt it makes it’s last stop in Museum Georg Schäfer in Schweinfurt, Germany. 
On show 14.07.2024 – 20.10.2024
. An exhibition not for the fainthearted: death and the devil sow fear and terror here. However, the uneasy feeling that some of these exhibits can trigger is...

Hosted by René van den Berg & Kobi Levi. August 26th – 31st 2024, The Netherlands (Hoofddorp, near Schiphol and Amsterdam). Join this unique Footwear Creation Master Course, apply here. Experience the extraordinary as two internationally renowned footwear creators, René van den Berg and Kobi Levi, join forces to bring you an unparalleled master course in bespoke shoe design and...