The New Shoe School - Watch Our Steps!

For the first time ever the best footwear graduation works from around the globe were shown together at'Strijp Klokgebouw' during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.
The exhibition, 'Watch our Steps', is a trend forecast that gives insight into directional style themes, new technologies and sustainable ideas, coming straight from the footwear designers of the future.
The participating schools include Deutsche Schuhfachschule Pirmasens, ArteZ, Stedelijke Academie Sint Niklaas SASK, Royal College of Art, London College of Fashion (Cordwainers), Polimoda, Hiko Mizuno, Bunka College, and HAMK Wetterhoff.

The exhibition is accompanied by a digital book, featuring background information about all participants and their collection.
You can purchase the book from the website: http://www.slem.nl.
The audience of DDW and an expert jury selected a winner from the participants and awarded with the SLEM Global Footwear Design Award.
Aku Bäckström (RCA London) from Finland has won the SLEM Global Footwear Design Award.
Giulia Tannini (Polimoda Institute) won the audience award.

Cat Potter

Cat Potter

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Cat Potter

Jenna Lievonen

Deniz Terli

So-Yeon Ahn

Bieke Bettens

Panyu Collective

left: Vera Meijwaard
right: Amber A.A. Verstegen

Vera Meijwaard

Vera Meijwaard

Maximilian Goldbach

Panyu Collective

Panyu Collective

Chan Jung Kim

left: Rostand Tchonsinyl
right: Jody Parchment

Min Song

 Aku Bäckström

left: Nahee Jang
right: Aku Bäckström

Lotta Astrid

Jozefien Vandermarliere

Jozefien Vandermarliere

Ross Barber

Ross Barber

Takuya Takizawa

Panyu Collective

Aku Bäckström

Aku Bäckström

Aku Bäckström

left: Tariq Mahmoud
right: Yunae Song

Tariq Mahmoud

Helen Furber

Milan Sheen

Milan Sheen

Giulia Tannini

Giulia Tannini