2012 Cordwainers footwear design graduate, Naima Morys is the creative mind behind these beautiful, 3D printed heels – ‘The Naima Morys brand was inspirated by shattered glass, architecture and body modification such as the golden lotus feet phenomenon.  The final collection involved making luxury footwear with the finest leathers and using the latest CAD technology. A [...]

Using a combination of 3D printing, ABS vacuum shaping & carbon fiber lamination, designer Pavla Podsednikova created this insane shoe concept collection called, ‘Instant Shoes’ for here final thesis. Trying to create bespoke, form fitting footwear for women, Pavla has used modern technologies to generate footwear that can be individualized to fit each user’s unique form [...]

Here’s a very cool mix up of styles to create an Air Max Lunar sneaker by designer, Kent Floris. Meshing totally different areas of art/design (graffiti, 3D & footwear), Kent has created a beautifully finished artwork. I always find it inspiring to look at works like these and try to imagine how you could incorporate Kent’s graffiti concept [...]

I remember seeing these concepts when I first started getting into footwear design and just being blown away. Though I’m still not sure about the marketing aspect of making something look super bad ass, and then saying “well, you can’t have this just yet, but until then try our regular, non-bionic, non-super silent, non-ground shake, non-cloning, not-nearly-as-bad ass, [...]

…Now, before you get super excited and try to find this place, I have to tell you something…everything you see is (unfortunately) CGI, and I mean EVERYTHING. Brought to you by the super talented fellow fish & chip eating Brit designer,  Chris LaBrooy, Sneaker Tectonics is the future building in which the conceptkicks office will [...]