How to Select Shoe Materials Build Your Skills! Articles, Textbooks, Online Video Classes Selecting suitable materials for your shoe designs is very important. Your material choices determine the look, quality, price, duty rate, and durability of your footwear project. Honestly, I have made many material […]
Course Now Open for Enrollment Learn the shortcuts and troubleshooting skills you need to level up your product development, design, and communication skills! Adobe Photoshop is a powerful and essential tool for shoemakers but can be complex and daunting. This course walks beginner and intermediate […]
Footwear Fitting and Comfort: online course now open for enrollment! Making shoes that fit comfortably and are correctly suited to their function is critical to the success of your shoe brand. This video course takes you step-by-step through the essential footwear fit development process—indispensable knowledge […]
Level up your footwear design and development skills! Welcome to the Shoemakers Academy Online Footwear Courses! “The Shoe Dog” takes you on a 90-second sneak peek into Shoemakers Academy online video footwear courses. What do the courses look like?Which courses should I start with?What comes […]
Start Your Shoemaking Career Today! Welcome to the Shoemakers Academy! This short video is an introduction to the Shoemakers Academy website. This video shows you the great educational resources available to shoemakers, shoe designers, and footwear developers. Where do I find the online shoemaking course […]
Online Courses Available Now! Exciting news! Welcome to Shoemakers Academy. We are excited to offer a curriculum of online shoemaking courses for individuals or businesses. Level up your shoemaking skills wherever and whenever you want. It has never been easier to get the guidance and […]
Congratulations! You have developed a new shoe design, or your brand is growing, and you are ready to source a new shoe factory to manufacture your brand in China . So, how do you find and vet a shoe factory across the ocean from your […]
The Dream and the Challenge: Part 2 Develop a running shoe for South African runners designed by South African runners. “What is the perfect running shoe for South Africans?” The Pivot & Run shoe would need a firm structure for long-distance running, fatigue-reducing underfoot comfort, […]
When you walk into a modern shoe factory anywhere in the world, you will see the same footwear manufacturing processes. In China, America, Brazil, and Italy the art of shoemaking is the same. You will see that the giant 20,000 shoe city in China and […]
Brand Building: Part 1 Marathoners Dream Shoe Project Hits the Wall (…and breaks through). The birth of Pivot & Run, a running shoe brand, started with a dream of three runners, Roger, Alex, and Grant, in Capetown, South Africa. The 2020 Covid pandemic and […]