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Young Wild City – Footwear Design Contest

XI edition of the competition that calls for the creation of a sneaker model to be proposed on a shape and a sole developed especially for the project.

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Students, guided by design and modelling teachers, came up with their highly-creative interpretations for the sole project, designing and producing original and innovative sneaker models and produced in collaboration with BASF Italia. A panel of professionals selected the three best footwear styles from a point of view of concept and design.

Winner of the contest

Prize Winner: Marco Degan

Second place: Diego Turrin

Third places: Greta Concolato, Nicolò Guido

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Background information

The product: Sneaker, the evolution of the species

Our cities are “asphalt jungles”, territories crossed by “rivers of automobiles”, mutant sites where agglomerations of buildings resemble forests. These are the themes that inspired the XI edition of the “Footwear Design Contest”, this year focussing on the concept of “Young Wild City”.

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Background information

The basis: A sole developed by Linda Lipari and Renzo Tramonte

The united forces of the two designers creates a mix of experience and originality. The Young Wild City project is born of a desire to mix metropolitan trends with natural trends, in particular with the world of animals.

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The strength: Politecnico Calzaturiero

The educational program at the School of Footwear Design and Technology makes it possible to learn by doing, working directly with the footwear – and more recently accessory handbags – production process “on site”, starting with the stylist’s concept, passing through the creation of the model, and concluding with the finished product.

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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!

Dive into the FOOTURISTIC FUTURE!

Innovation and creativity for the sneaker of the future - 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.

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