RESPONSE TRAIL 16 - Editor's Choice footwear design | 9 march 2010 I have a very good news to share - one of my shoes got Runner's World Editor's Choice award! In Spring 2010 trail shoes category. You can see the video review here. More photos and info about this model few posts below. and to all my friends from adidas involved in this project... thank you. it was a good team work! MICAM shoes | 5 march 2010 Micam is one of the most important shoe events in Europe. Takes place twice a year in Milan (March and September). It is mostly fashion and casual shoes oriented. More on the other side... TORINO photosss | 3 march 2010 Beautiful place. It's not that far from Milan. Perfect destination for one day trip. City has typical Italian character, with big open squares and astonishing architecture. What's more it's very quiet there… old part of the town is closed for cars and it makes a big difference compared to Milan for example. More on the other side... THINK FIRST footwear design | 17 february 2010 Do you think you have to be an expert in sketching to become a designer? The most common question I'm being asked by young designers is this: "which program did you use for your renderings?" And I would say... my brain. More on the other side... ARS SUTORIA 2 footwear design | 10 february 2010 Few more notes about the school after finishing the first month. Course is very intense. No wasting of time. You go one shoe by the other, making sometimes 4 models per day. But what does it really mean "making" a shoe at Ars... More on the other side... adidas adiSTAR RIDE 2 Woman shoes | 30 january 2010 W's adiSTAR RIDE 2 has similar design language as M's but it was modified based on the specific needs of female consumer. More on the other side... adidas adiSTAR RIDE 2 shoes | 30 january 2010 Ride 2 Man's and W's are the first models from the adiSTAR family that I designed. It is a top adidas running range. More on the other side... SHOPPING MILAN photosss | 29 january 2010 There is something else that Milan is famous of. It's fashion and shopping. More on the other side... MILAN photosss | 27 january 2010 Here are few photos from streets of Milan. I will try to post more when I discover some good places. Hopefully next weekend is more sunny. More on the other side... ARS SUTORIA footwear design | 23 january 2010 As some of you know I'm currently in Italy taking classes at Ars Sutoria school. Two weeks are behind me and I can only say it was a very good decision. More on the other side... adidas RESPONSE Cushion 18 shoes | 23 january 2010 Previous model was quite successful. It even got best design award from Runner's World voters (Thank you by the way). It wasn't an easy job to make this one even better. 18th got new FORMOTION unit on the heel which is slightly lighter. Extra forefoot groove for smoother toe off transition and more supportive upper. Tooling was changed to injection so it is a bit harder then 17th (but it will last longer). More on the other side... adidas RESPONSE TRAIL 16 shoes | 19 december 2009 2009 is almost over so it's time to update the portfolio. I had few models on the market introduced this year. One of them is the trail version of the RESPONSE. 16th edition. I had a chance to design last 3 of them and I think this one is the best. More on the other side... 10 YEARS footwear design | 14 december 2009 I heard that if you want to be successful in something you have to be the best in the world at it. Well, being the best takes time and 10 years isn't really enough. There is always so much to learn and so much to improve. At least I hope I'm on the right track. 2010 - a big year for me. I will take part in Ars Sutoria shoe course in Milan, I will celebrate 10 year anniversary with the design exhibition, I will work again as independent designer and as you can see I'm starting a SHOE BLOG. This blog will be focused on shoes. So if you are footwear designer or... a wonnabe footwear designer... or a runner... or simply you have "Otaku" with shoes please join.