These are lovely, really colorful and funky and just plain pretty. They appear to be by a contemporary artist. Specially for those occasions when you feel like going a bit hippy.
Anyway, more about these colorful additions to your (foot) wardrobe is HERE.
What surprised me about these shoes when I cam across them on the web was that they are apparently available for purchase! From what I can gather they are made of recycled corrugated cardboard (yes, plain old cardboard), recycled rubber, and car tyre…
Most peculiar!
Here is a link to the new shoes that Kobe Bryant has made with Nike, the Kobe IV. Apparently taking from soccer of all things, the basketball shoes don’t feature ankle support, which is uncommon.
A picture is below and the full story is HERE.
18 Dec
Posted by: nicholas in: Design, Feature, Shoe Companies, Shopping, Zappos
Have you got an infant / toddler that is just starting to take those first steps? Well, I found a great blog post regarding Stride Rite Early Walker shoes for babies. The post is HERE and is a review of the shoes. The Stride Rite homepage is HERE.
Want to buy some, check out Zappos.com, the [...]
Here is a link to a great post that will give you 10 Tips on buying fabulous shoes. Specially for women looking for that right pair of shoes and not wanting to make impulse purchases.
Read the post and make the right decision on your next pair of shoes.
Check it out HERE.
Article at eHow on how to become a shoe designer. Not very long article but gives a few bits of advice for anyone interested in becoming a shoe designer.
Check it out HERE.
if you are poor and need shoes in Africa you make a plan. Check out these innovative, make-shift sandals made using 2l plastic bottles.
Think these are great, a concept that won the top prize in the sports category of the 2006 China International Clothing & Accessories Fair.
The concept is really interesting looking. Check out a picture below >>
Cool picture of a pair of shoes that have been modified to accomodate an old school Nintendo Entertainment System.
Think this is just a concpetual mod, and I doubt there are any of these available for purchase. You can check out a picture below.
Wonder if you can wear them?
08 Dec
Posted by: nicholas in: Design, Feature, Shoe Companies, Sneakers
Wanna design your own shoes? Well, Puma offers a great site that allows you to customize your own set of shoes. The site design is amazing and very easy to use. It has a very strange name though, Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ - not really sure how this relates to shoe design.
However, the site really [...]
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