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Footwear design / Aki Choklat.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Portfolio skills. Fashion & textiles.Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2015Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (57 entries) ; digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785391620
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 685.3/102 23
LOC classification:
  • TS990 .C526 2012
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print version.
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Footwear design then and now: Fashion and celebrity-the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Haute couture and seasonal fashion cycles-the nineteenth century; Innovation and street fashion-the twentieth century; The future of footwear design-the twenty-first century; The footwear industry; Case study: Liza Snook; Case study: Catherine Willems -- Chapter 2. Shoe basics: Foot anatomy; Shoe anatomy; The last; Patterns; Materials used in the shoe industry; Shoe styles; Case study: Sebastian Tarek -- Chapter 3 Research: Inspiration; Investigation; The process; Compiling a sketchbook; Mood board; Digital research; Creating an ideas book; Color and materials; Trend analysis and forecasting; Case study: Nicoline Van Enter; Case study: Niels Holger Wien -- Chapter 4. Collection design: Design development; Collection theory; Case study: Minna Parikka; Case study: Rosanne Bergsma; Case study: Stuart Weitzman; Case study: Paco Gil -- Chapter 5. Presentation: Presenting your ideas; Drawing; Technical drawings and line drawings; Mixed media; The design pack; Portfolio; After graduation -- Chapter 6. Training and working in the footwear industry: Training; Footwear careers; Case study: Rachel Jones; Seasons and trade shows; Case study: Sue Saunders -- Glossary -- Useful information -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract: Aki Choklat explores the footwear design process, explaining the differences between the anatomy of the foot and the anatomy of a shoe, showing how one constrains the other, before moving onto the research and design development processes and the art of creating a complete collection.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online TS990 .C526 2012 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518838

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Footwear design then and now: Fashion and celebrity-the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; Haute couture and seasonal fashion cycles-the nineteenth century; Innovation and street fashion-the twentieth century; The future of footwear design-the twenty-first century; The footwear industry; Case study: Liza Snook; Case study: Catherine Willems -- Chapter 2. Shoe basics: Foot anatomy; Shoe anatomy; The last; Patterns; Materials used in the shoe industry; Shoe styles; Case study: Sebastian Tarek -- Chapter 3 Research: Inspiration; Investigation; The process; Compiling a sketchbook; Mood board; Digital research; Creating an ideas book; Color and materials; Trend analysis and forecasting; Case study: Nicoline Van Enter; Case study: Niels Holger Wien -- Chapter 4. Collection design: Design development; Collection theory; Case study: Minna Parikka; Case study: Rosanne Bergsma; Case study: Stuart Weitzman; Case study: Paco Gil -- Chapter 5. Presentation: Presenting your ideas; Drawing; Technical drawings and line drawings; Mixed media; The design pack; Portfolio; After graduation -- Chapter 6. Training and working in the footwear industry: Training; Footwear careers; Case study: Rachel Jones; Seasons and trade shows; Case study: Sue Saunders -- Glossary -- Useful information -- Acknowledgments.

Aki Choklat explores the footwear design process, explaining the differences between the anatomy of the foot and the anatomy of a shoe, showing how one constrains the other, before moving onto the research and design development processes and the art of creating a complete collection.

Also available in print version.

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