How to make it in fashion and footwear today? Throw out the old rules — and stay the course, even when the going gets tough. That’s how today’s emerging designers are navigating the still-shaky waters ...

Sara Valeri is an emerging name in sports products and footwear design. She is reshaping the industry by combining fashion, performance, and technology. As a Venezuelan-born designer, a woman in a ...

The Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) has officially announced the All India Selection Test (AIST) 2026 exam ...

Nike gave me my first indoctrination into design. Before entering global footwear, I had an impression that designers were the ones with the cool clothes, coming in late at 10 a.m., hitting the best ...

Some kids dream of becoming an astronaut or a fireman. D’wayne Edwards only wanted to do one thing: design shoes. He was 11 when he sketched his first sneaker using a number two pencil. But Edwards ...

In every footwear company on the planet, the design process is a key element in the shoe-building cycle. That’s a given. But Mizuno takes that process several steps further, by utilizing the expertise ...

Women can be pretty picky about shoes—wishing the heels were just a bit shorter, they came in more colors, or they were patent leather instead of suede. Jodie Fox, the founder of Australia-based Shoes ...

Grounded Footwear stands at the forefront of innovation in functional footwear, offering a collection of barefoot shoes and grounding boots designed for both men and women. Built on the principles of ...

The Japanese brand's speed-focused shoe features a nitrogen-infused foam new to the franchise meant to improve comfort and ...

A US footwear company, backed by Reebok co-founder Joe Foster, is planning to design a shoe in space by mid to late 2026 as part of a mission to make artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain less ...

Plastics and resins usually seem like the anti-sustainability. They are often made from petroleum, they rarely biodegrade, and without industrial facilities and resource extraction, they wouldn’t ...

Pick up a design template in Kerckhoff Art Gallery. Submit finished designs to the CAC office (311 Kerckhoff) by Jan. 28. Winner's design will be included in the Holiday 2011 Study Collection, and the ...