Intensive Introduction to Footwear Design, Berkeley/New York, USA
Course
In New York (USA)
Description
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Type
Intensive workshop
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Level
Beginner
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Location
New york (USA)
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Class hours
14h
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Duration
2 Days
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Start date
Different dates available
To give the students a brief but intensive overview of the footwear design industry. To practise illustration skills and create a base from where a personal footwear collection can be developed. To have an overview about the process of starting a shoe label. Suitable for: Those who want to start up a shoe business or gain an overall understanding about shoe design
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
No previous experience in the footwear industry or as a maker/designer necessary. No previous design or illustration skills required.
Reviews
Subjects
- Footwear design
- Footwear production
- Industry training
Teachers and trainers (1)
Aki Choklat
Tutor
Aki holds an MA in Footwear from the Royal College of Art and has produced his own footwear label for several years under Jubaki selling in Europe and the US. He launched a concept range of men's shoes and bags under his own name. The label is sold worldwide by numerous fashion retailers, including Barneys, Harvey Nichols, Takashimaya and Dover Street Market. He also lectures internationally at universities such as Footwear Design at De Montfort Universityas well as Polimoda in Florence.
Course programme
Course review:
Would you like to start your own footwear label? Based on an extremely popular seminar series which has been running in London for several years, this course is designed to give you a brief but intensive overview of the footwear design industry.
Now only available in the USA, this course is truly a unique opportunity to learn from the industry's leading minds. We are running this both in Berkeley, San Francisco and JCC of Manhattan in New York, so students in the US can take advantage of this unique opportunity.
The second day will feature a seminar on what it takes to start a label. The full design cycle will be explored, from design idea to the point when a shoe goes into the shop for sale. It will help you answer questions such as: 'How do I find a factory?', 'How many pieces should be in my first collection?' and 'When and where should I sell my collection?'
All necessary materials for design practise are included.
Additional information
Intensive Introduction to Footwear Design, Berkeley/New York, USA