Shoe Designs

This winter I took a shoe design class in the Industrial Design department at RISD.  The class provided a very interesting perspective into a part of the design world I had yet to be exposed to.  During the course of the 6 weeks we met many different people in the industry and learned about every aspect of shoe design and production.  Here are two different shoe designs I created.  Each design was presented with several different boards explaining the inspiration, the customer, the market competition, and other important information.

Assignment:  Design a modern shoe inspired by a shoe style existing before the 20th century.

Assignment:  Design a shoe for a made-up sport.  My shoe is designed for a Quidditch Seeker (yep I'm a dork!).  The design aesthetic is inspired by hawks.