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Design your own unique shoe! In this workshop, you will create your own shoe design under expert guidance and implement it using the appropriate techniques and materials.

From inspiration to the finished shoe

Learn the basics, methods and techniques of shoe design with your team, from finding inspiration to conceptualizing and sketching to the finished painted pair of shoes. The workshop is led by experienced artists and also includes elements of team building: although you have individual creative freedom and implement your design yourself, you discuss your ideas and sketches with the team and are supported by them if necessary. The focus of this creative workshop is on humor, fun and experimentation.

This is how the workshop works

• Welcome, introduction to the topic (5 min.)
• Inspiration search with visual inputs (10 min.)
• Presentation of creative materials and tools (15 min.)
• Brainstorming and design planning (30 mins)
• Preparing the shoes for painting (30 mins)
• Basic painting techniques (20 min., optional)
• Implementation of the designs, experimentation (90 mins)
• Use of stencils and templates (20 min., optional)
• The finishing touches (10 min.)
• Sealing, protective coating (10 min.)
• Presentation, sharing, reflection (15 minutes, optional)
• Questions & answers, group discussion (5 min., optional)
• Conclusion and feedback (15 minutes)

The times given are indicative. The speed can be individually adapted to your group. Depending on the time horizon and attention span of your team, the workshop duration varies between 2.5 and 5 hours.

The shoes and other material

It is recommended that you bring your own (ideally white) shoes that you would like to design at the workshop so that the size and style fit. On request, the course management will organize uniform white sneakers for the participants (at an extra charge). All materials and tools will be provided.

If you already have ideas for the shoe design and would like to incorporate your company's theme or motto into the design, for example, the event team will bring along appropriate reference images and templates, as well as other design books and visual inspiration.

The professional artistic materials range from acrylic paints and felt-tip pens especially for shoe leather to stencils, adhesive tape and knives, as well as protective clothing and a weatherproof mobile pavilion so that the event can be held outdoors.

Supervision and photographic support

Your team will be supervised by three people from 25 participants and by four people from 38 participants. All workshop leaders are trained in art education and are artists themselves. In addition, a professional photographer accompanies the workshop. In addition to the event photos, the entire creative process is recorded in a time-lapse video. This photographic and film documentation will of course be made available to you after the event.

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