#HTE

Ask a Footwear Design Expert

Exciting news for aspiring sneaker designers: The Pensole Footwear Design Academy, in collaboration with the City of Portland, is providing an opportunity to have your questions about the industry answered by the pros. At the end of each session in their upcoming Saturday School program, Pensole founder D'Wayne Edwards is assembling experts to answer whatever questions you’ve got about footwear design, within six different sub-topics.

So here’s your chance to ask those burning questions, and watch the responses in a live, online Q&A. Here are the categories you can ask about, and the dates each video will air:

Product Marketing

(Will be answered on July 2nd)

Footwear Design

(Will be answered on July 9th)

Color/Material Design

(Will be answered on July 16th)

Shoemaking

(Will be answered on July 23rd)

Development Process

(Will be answered on July 30th)

Retail (Selling & Buying)

(Will be answered on August 6th)

Submit your questions in the comments below, preceded by the category. For example:

“Shoemaking: Is it possible to have the uppers attached to the sole by means of….” 

Be sure to get your questions in before the relevant dates!