The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. Louboutin’s exquisite shoes, with their instantly recognisable glossy red* soles, are a unique fusion of fashion, craftsmanship, engineering and sculpture. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career to date and showcases twenty years of...
From April 26th Oranienbaum Palace in Oranienbaum (former residence of Henriette Catharina of Anhalt-Dessau, Princess of Orange-Nassau) will open her doors to the public. The palace will be hosting an exhibition of historical and contemporary excellent craft for the duration of the summer.Reflecting on their original functions, the many palace rooms will feature work by prominent Dutch designers including Viktor...
In collaboration with shoe designer Masaya Kushino, Sputniko! is currently developing the work ‘Healing Fukushima (Nanohana Heels)’, a pair of shoes that plant rapeseeds (Nanohana) into soil through mechanical high-heels. Using the heels, rapeseeds are automatically planted as the user walks. The piece is currently in its work-in-progress phase, and is exhibited from March 11th to April 16th, 2012 at...
From 24 March to 23 September 2012, the Groninger Museum will present the first large-scale solo exhibition of the work of Iris van Herpen one of the most striking Dutch designers of this moment. The exhibition offers an overview of her work from 2008 to the present. A selection of her most recent work, such as Capriole and the Micro...
Our free trend lectures at the upcoming GDS will be extra special this time, because we will announce some exciting and groundbreaking developments, so we hope you will all join as always. Below you will find the lecture schedule and some information about the inspirational exhibition of folded footwear that we will show in collaboration with the Virtual Shoe Museum.Free...
Lola Pagola was a shoe brand that existed for a decade. It was founded in 1985 by designers Marijke Bruggink and Marlie Witteveen. Fifteen years ago there came an end to the existence of one of the most prominent footwear brands in the last 25 years, Lola Pagola. This striking and often controversial label was founded in 1984 by Marijke...
The opening for the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum was held at December 5th at MoMA New York by actrice Anne Hathaway. Valentino Garavani, legendary fashion designer, has defined a unique world of couture for almost half a century. Now his achievement takes radical new form, in keeping with the creative traditions of the house: The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum.The Valentino...
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...
