Top Awards in Shoe Design
posted by: shoesense in General on May 26th, 2007

This, my friends, is the first-prize winner of the International Shoe Design Competition organized by the Bata Shoe Museum. It’s called the Art of Paper Folding and it’s a leather-origami-fest. I was blown away by the originality of the top 20-designs, which also, mind you, came with a full-length essay justifying the designer’s vision. Those, I have to say, were fun to read! The designs varied from the elegantly eerie:

…to the downright kooky:

(um…that’s a Dr. Seuss boot… I think).
Overall, however, that’s what shoes are all about to me: creativity, vision, workmanship, wonder.You can see all the top-20 as well as all the competition entries with detailed explanations and justifications here. Don’t hesitate to meet me in the forums to discuss these crazy, wonderful designs!



April 10, 2011 at 5:25 pm, djeed said:
same ,i wanna know if there any competition in 2011
March 25, 2010 at 10:41 pm, KHUDRATH said:
i would like to ask if there will be future competitions like this one? thanks
October 20, 2008 at 8:35 pm, michael said:
i would like to ask if there will be future competitions like this one? thanks
May 26, 2007 at 11:26 pm, Sharon said:
Now that Dr. Suess boo is very orginal. I wonder how comfortable they would be though. I sure would get some looks if I had this boot to walk around in. I will admit that they are all rather unique.