This friday night 28th of June six passionate shoe professionals tell their shoe stories. In small groups you will be able to follow the shoe from design till sales. For this ‘shoe evening’ the theme is innovation – what could be more, which has never been seen before, which is repetition of what has already been previously worn? The shoe...

The ateliers of various disciplines are open to the public coming Saturday and Sunday. Designer students and artists show their work and will explain their courses and new talents can register for the new season. The SASK graduation show pieces will be all on display during the weekend.The Academy of Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas (SASK) is one of the largest academies...

Candidates from nine countries and regions of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam submitted their 182 entries for the competition revealing a dazzling variety of creative and stylish footwear.The Juror committee: Ms. Jiang Zhiqun and mr. Chen Xiao Ming, Frankie (China, Beijing & Guangzhou), mr. Lo Chung Pak and mr. William Wong (Hong Kong), dr. Claudia...

Footwear designers Marijke Bruggink & Marlie Witteveen, also formerly known as the creative team behind Lola Pagola, have curated the exhibition ‘Elevation’ starting 9th of June, about how our incredible shoe obsessions are gaining heady heights; tracing mesmerizing stilts, platforms, heels and wedges from historical times to today’s most contemporary and imaginative designs.Curator Lidewij Edelkoort has selected the theme of...

During the exhibition Starker Auftritt!/Stepping into the Limelight! A Shoe exhibition at the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst of Applied Arts in Leipzig, Germany, we will highlight the different themes and introduce some of the participating designers to you.Dora Kloppenburg is a Dutch product designer specialising in shoedesign. Who finds her inspiration in constructions, architecture and the anatomy of the...

This weekend, 18th and 19th of May, the Wave Gotik Treffen will be held again in Leipzig, Germany. The Grassi Museum of Applied Arts offers a special program inspired by the current shoe exhibition ‘Starker Auftritt/Stepping into the Limelight’.Wave Gotik Treffen (Treffen means meeting), the annual world festival for ‘dark’ music and arts, hosts ± 150 bands and artists from...

During the exhibition Starker Auftritt!/Stepping into the Limelight! A Shoe exhibition at the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst of Applied Arts in Leipzig, Germany, we will highlight the different themes and introduce some of the participating designers to you.Dutch Designer John Breed creates works of art for over twenty years now. After his adventurous travels, he comes back full of...

This Monday, April 29th, Kei Kagami will give a workshop in the Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum in Waalwijk. The London-based fashion designer Kei Kagami is a master of conceptual design. This workshop, for fashion and shoe design students only, is entirely sponsored by YKK Netherlands. Therefore the museum can offer this workshop for free. YKK is the largest supplier...

A Shoe exhibition at the GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst of Applied Arts in Leipzig, Germany from 28th of March till the 29th September 2013. Together with Sabine Epple, the curator of modern art of the GRASSI Museum, Liza Snook selected more than 150 exclusive shoes from the Virtual Shoe Museum, supplemented with German artists and designers who created shoes....

Never before has there been such a great interest in crafts. Contemporary designers are drawing inspiration from handmade products and traditional techniques, and there is also a marked increase in the practice of crafts in the private sphere. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will be bringing crafts to life, with an exhibition, demonstrations by craftspeople and workshops that will allow visitors...