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...
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...
On Saturday, June 8 the Fashion and Shoe Designing Academy of Fine Arts Department of Sint-Niklaas presents it’s annual sensational and spectacular show for the 17th time. For this presentation ‘t Bauhuis will be transformed into a show location.The fashion and shoe designs of part-time education in Sint-Niklaas, Fashion Design department: led by Ellen Monstrey and assisted by Maureen Declercq...
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...
Meliné Katchi is making her strides though the innovative conceptual footwear world one step at a time. Her recent collaboration with her now partner footwear consulting and customization firm Sophisticated Primitive SOPR, has spawned the development of the most unique, architecturally inspired series titled ‘Urban Armor’.This architecturally inspired creation communicates a sophisticated understanding of what ‘Urban Armor’ could essentially represent...
The official art exhibition of the Berlin Fashion Week Showroom Days presents the artists and creators of dresses made of meat, fish (Hans Peter Adamski) and hooves (Iris Schieferstein) at Epicentro art, Berlin-Mitte. In collaboration with the Fashion Week Showroom Days, Epicentro art open their new exhibition space in Berlin Mitte with the exhibition ‘To Die For’. Iris Schieferstein and...
Commissioned by Global Footprint, a Northamptonshire-based visual arts and living heritage programme designer Dominic Wilcox has created a fully functional prototype pair of shoes that will guide you home no matter where you are in the world.Wilcox: “I was commissioned by the Global Footprint project in Northamptonshire, a place famous for shoe making, to create some shoes. I decided to...
Dutch Design Week 20-28 October in Eindhoven will premiere the spectacular exhibition ‘Watch our Steps’ organized by SLEM, a new education and innovation centre for footwear.The exhibition will feature the best footwear graduation works from academies around the world, from Hiko Mizuno and Bunka College in Tokyo, to Polimoda in Florence and London College of Fashion to ArteZ in Arnhem...
This week we will be counting down to the start of Dutch Design Week 20-28 October in Eindhoven, which will premiere the spectacular exhibition ‘Watch our Steps’ organized by SLEM, a new education and innovation centre for footwear. The exhibition will feature the best footwear graduation works from academies around the world, from Hiko Mizuno and Bunka College in Tokyo,...
Sexy, creative, funny and inspiring shoes, are all hand-made by Kobi himself in limited and exclusive editions. Kobi Levi’s Footwear Art designs combine the essence of daily objects with the shape of shoes. Now to order.View the all new Ocean Series shoe designs and get all the info you need to place an order online! Design and shoes have been...