3D printed shoes awarded ‘most creative’ at Mittelmoda

    FOC FOR 8Jul2010

    Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has been awarded ‘Most Creative Collection’ prize at the Mittelmoda event 2010. The collection she designed for her graduation at the Artez- Academy of Fine Arts Arnhem included a pair of high heel shoes engineered & designed in collaboration with Freedom Of Creation. The high heel shoes are produced using selective laser sintering 3D printing technology.


    About Mittelmoda:

    Mittelmoda is one of the most sought-after and well-known fashion competitions at an international level. Created in 1993, the project Mittelmoda has been developing an international network of contacts with over 620 schools of fashion design in 66 countries, thus becoming a concrete chance of exchange and comparison for the international creativity. (more…)

    High heel shoes by Pauline Van Dongen

    FOC FOR 11Mar2010

    As part of her fashion Master Studies at ArtEZ in Arnhem, Pauline Van Dongen collaborated with FOC on the design of 3D printed high heel womens shoes. The fashion collection by Pauline Van Dongen is called Morphogenesis. The shoes in various colors were also part of the FOC Future Of Fashion exhibition at The Amsterdam World Fashion Center. One of FOC’s manufacturing partners, CNC speedform, supported the creation of this futuristic concept by producing all the featured shoes for us.

    Photo: Mike Nicolaassen

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