This summer, 30 young students from all the around the world have come together in Portland, Oregon, determined to change the footwear game by embarking in the PENSOLE World Sneaker Championship. Assigned to teams and representing a diverse range of brands, boutiques and major corporations across the industry, they’ve began their journey to design a product that’s ready for retail. These are their stories.
TEAM ADIDAS
Roster: Dexter Sulit, Claudia Lopez, Daniel Raes and Marcus Taylor (CMF)
Today was a day of exploration: exploration of ideas, of inspirations and of collaborative knowledge. We were tasked with sketching 12 four inch concept ideas. This may not seem like a lot, and in the grand scheme of things it’s not, but there’s more pressure here. Pressure to compete with the talent present, pressure to leave a mark, pressure to prove that you are worthy of one of the limited spots in the footwear industry. Suddenly 12 footwear sketches turned into a great task that would be daunting to any young designer. Luckily, this is a place to learn and improve so no matter what your sketches look like today, you can be sure they will look exponentially better by the end of these four weeks.
