International shoe conference
Like the previous edition, this year’s conference sees a number of eminent international designers as conference speakers. Among them is D’Wayne Edwards (US), founder of the US academy for shoe design, PENSOLE. D’Wayne is the former head designer for NIKE’s Jordan-brand and the man behind the celebrated sports shoe Air Jordan.
Programme:
09.00: Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Rector of Design School Kolding: Opening the conference
09.05: Jakob Møller Hansen, Vice President Research & Development for ECCO: Welcome
09.10: Michael Frederiksen, Industrial Designer at Just Add Design and Conference Moderator: Shoe design and technology - introduction to the conference.
09.15: Massimo Bruto Randone, Academic Coordinator & Innovation System Advisor at Vibram + Paolo Coletto, R&D Manager at Vibram: Vibram Innovation, between earth and you.
09.45: Michelle Swenson, Sales and Marketing Rep at San Fang Chemical: Innovation in synthetic leather materials and films.
10.15: Coffee break
10.35: Silvia Fadó Moreno, CEO and Head Footwear Designer at Silvia Fadó: Integrating technology in high fashion shoe design
11.05: Suzette Henry, Material Director at PENSOLE Footwear Design Academy: Material design and in-house manufacturing trends.
11.35: Video: Drawing a shoe. Sketching methods and technology from the strategic collaboration between ECCO and Design School Kolding.
12.00: Lunch
12.40: Michael Lennheden, footwear designer at Filling Pieces: The iPad as a development tool in commercial shoe design.
13.10: Dacie Doucette, Sales and Marketing Manager at Ariaprene: Foam-core technologies in footwear design.
13.40: Videos: Designing shoes for industry. Interviews with Design School Kolding students working at ECCO’s prototyping facilities.
13.45: Coffee break
14.00: D’Wayne Edwards, Founder of PENSOLE Footwear Design Academy: Future Footwear Predictions
14.30: Henrik Vibskov: Artist, Fashion Designer at Henrik Vibskov and Associate Professor at Design School Kolding: Shoes, fashion and art
During the conference, you will have the opportunity to experience some of the results from the collaboration between the school and ECCO, in the shape of films, student projects, books and more. The conference follows from a five-year partnership between Design School Kolding and ECCO, which also resulted in a one-of-a-kind agreement with PENSOLE, which normally does not work outside of the US. An agreement centred on developing the shoe designer talents of the future, and which will generate knowledge on materials, styling and construction of shoes.
Participating
Participation is free. Register before September 30th following this link
For 290 kr., attendants get breakfast, lunch and coffee during the day.
Students get free breakfast and coffee and can buy lunch.