Sneakers Art
From Inspiration to Customization
"Sneakers Art" includes realized customization examples of sneakers and easy to follow step-by-step tutorials.
This book is a great way to get started creating your own custom sneakers. Up your creative game as you learn quick and easy ways to turn a pair of regular trainers into one-of-a-kind works of art. 1000 inspiring sneaker designs and 18 step-by-step tutorials will help you create your own projects that reflect your personal tastes. By mastering the basics along with some design skills, you´ll soon have the tools and techniques you need to design and paint custom sneakers with style and soul. Street, pop, fluor, metal and camouflage are just some of the contemporary patterns touched on. Detailed illustrations and photographs of realized customizations that go with the texts give you an idea of what your kicks will look like after you've created them. The book is ideal for sneakers fans who enjoy customizing their own clothes and asserting their individuality, fashion designers who look to customized sneakers as a source of inspiration and fashion lovers in general. Take your love of sneakers to a fun new level learning how to create cool shoes that are as you unique as you are.
This book is a great way to get started creating your own custom sneakers. Up your creative game as you learn quick and easy ways to turn a pair of regular trainers into one-of-a-kind works of art. 1000 inspiring sneaker designs and 18 step-by-step tutorials will help you create your own projects that reflect your personal tastes. By mastering the basics along with some design skills, you´ll soon have the tools and techniques you need to design and paint custom sneakers with style and soul. Street, pop, fluor, metal and camouflage are just some of the contemporary patterns touched on. Detailed illustrations and photographs of realized customizations that go with the texts give you an idea of what your kicks will look like after you've created them. The book is ideal for sneakers fans who enjoy customizing their own clothes and asserting their individuality, fashion designers who look to customized sneakers as a source of inspiration and fashion lovers in general. Take your love of sneakers to a fun new level learning how to create cool shoes that are as you unique as you are.
About the author
Claudia Ausonia Palazio lives and works in Milan, where she teaches art history, history of dress and textile technology. She is the author of numerous critical essays and articles published in art and fashion magazines such as Filoforme, Jacquard and Moodmagazine. She conducts seminars and gives conferences at the international level on textile techniques and history while simultaneously engaging in research projects in these areas. Some of her drawings have been published in such influential magazines as Vogue Italia.Mario Boselli was the Chairman of the Italian National Chamber of Fashion from 1999 until 2014. He started his career in 1959 at his father s silk company. During the 1970s he became very active in the textile industry, producing knitted fabrics and finished garments both in Italy and abroad. He was the president of the Italian Association of Manufacturers of the Textile Industry, the Independent International Trade Fair of Milano, Pitti Immagine, the International Silk Association (Lyon) and the Italian-Slovak Chamber of Commerce (Bratislava).