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.

Table of 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