Shoe design path

This course will help you become a shoe designer by combining creativity and technique to teach you how to design shoes and soles, from precise sketches to the development of complete collections. Gain the skills you need to turn your ideas into market-ready shoe designs.

Key features of the shoe design course

• Traditional and Digital Drawing: Master shoe and sole design through hand drawing, digital and 3D modelling techniques.
• Moodboard and Research Skills: Create impactful moodboards to guide and inspire your designs.
• Collection Planning: Master the process of designing balanced and strategically targeted shoe collections.

What you will learn:

• Shoe design classes – 5 weeks: drawing shoes and soles by hand and with the use of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, focusing on proportions, functionality and aesthetics: a journey through women’s, men’s and sneaker styles such as pumps and straps, derby and oxford, moccasins, boots and sneakers.
• Shoe and outsole 3D design – 4 weeks: transform your digital drawings into 3D models with iCad3D+, design captivating outsoles with Rhinoceros and make photorealistic renderings with the use of state-of-the-art technologies such as PBR materials and material scanning.
• Collection design classes – 6 weeks: plan a footwear collection, defining its style, target market, and storytelling; gain knowledge and perspective on marketing as it analyzes customers, brand values, brand positioning, products and trends. Develop moodboards to inspire and structure your creative process.

Studying at Arsutoria School, the Shoe Design School in Italy, allows you to acquire practical and theoretical skills to create original footwear collections, with a curriculum focused on innovation, trend research and real-world applications in design.

If you wish, you can also attend one or more of the modules that make up the Shoe design path individually:

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