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Footwear Design Contest 2021

Many of us remember the difficult months when we could only observe the world from home, living in a "bubble" from which we were barely able to perceive everything that was happening outside and in which reality seemed to be filtered around us. This period served as inspiration for the theme of the 15th edition of the Footwear Design Contest. Find out how 35 students from the Scuola di Design e Tecnica della Calzatura created their own interpretation of a unisex sneaker.

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Footwear Design Contest 2021 Booklet

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This years winner shoe

This type of project enabled me to focus on how to create a real and wearable shoe from a story. It may not be readily grasped, but in any case represents a fundamental added value of every project.

Alvise Barbieri

Check out the video with 2021 Footwear Design Contest winner Alvise Barbieri here:

Have a look at all the shoes from the Footwear Design Contest 2021:

The inspiration behind the shoe sole

From our two "bubbles", distant but near thanks to technology, we gave free rein to all our creativity and inventiveness to resolve any problem even in the most absurd and fundamental way, as long as we could continue our work: cutting, sewing, assembling everything in video calls or via webcam. This gave rise to our sole: a transparent tread made of multiple bubbles.

Giulia Antonucci and Valentina Caoduro

Midsole:

External part with Elastopan^® Polyurethane System

Filler with Elastopan^® Light Sport Polyurethane System

Heel insert (three color variants): Elastollan^® Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)

Outsole:

Elastollan^® Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) (three color variants)

Have a look on other Footwear Design Contests:

Cyber and 3D - Footwear Design Contest 2022

When human creativity meets footwear manufacturing of the future: The Footwear Design Contest 2022 was all about Cyber and 3D! 🦿 Much has changed the past few years - and that was Roberto Guzzonato's inspiration for the 3D-printed sole. Besides this futuristic sole, there are also the out-of-this-world shoe designs and much more that is waiting to be discovered by you!

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