shoe design color Book

Pantone Colors for Shoe Designers

The Pantone Color Book:  The Shoe Designers Must Have Tool. Your new shoe is ready to be manufactured, how do you explain the perfect shade of red you have in mind to the sample maker in China or Italy? You could collect material swatches and […]

How shoes lasts are Made

How Shoe Lasts are Made

The shoe last is the starting point for any shoe design project and is critical to the shape and function of all types of footwear. The last is used by the shoe factory to determine the shape of the shoe. The last also determines the fit, […]

Outsole mold with locater pins

How Rubber Shoe Soles are Made

 Margom S.P.A is a producer of rubber soles. We can thank Charles Goodyear for his perseverance. In 1844, after years of experimentation, Charles Goodyear finally invented the process of heating natural rubber mixed with sulfur to create shoe rubber.He called it vulcanization, and this is […]