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The Cryptide, photo by Kai Knoerzer
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The 5th Annual Global Footwear Awards is now open for submissions!

The Global Footwear Awards acknowledges the best in the shoe industry, addressing creativity, innovation, sustainability, and social impact. GFA provides an international platform for professionals and students to share their footwear design, and their innovative solutions to sustainability and social impact, from concept to manufacturing and beyond.

The program offers global visibility to designers, providing greater opportunities in the footwear industry for emerging designers to businesses and corporations.

 

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FOOTWEAR DESIGN OF THE YEAR 2023

The CRYPTIDE - ONE - The Cryptide / Footwear Brand of the Year

Vertex Love Constantinos Panayiotou / Independent Footwear Designer of the Year

Smocked Boot Madeline Helt / Emerging Footwear Designer of the Year

Base Camp Mule The North Face / Brand Best overall in Sustainability

ANTA - TERRAN AWR ANTA / Brand Best overall in Fashion Sneakers

Stealth Formations Jóse Monroy / Independents Designer - Best overall in Sports Performance

metamorphosis Ofir Kertesz / Emerging talent Best overall in Fashion sneakers

DISASSEMBLY LAB Robin Luginbuehl / Emerging Talent Best overall in Sustainability

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ANNOUNCEMENT

New Balance, 991, Studio DSRPT Remix - Milton L Cato .

Announcing the Winning Selection of “Reimagining Iconic Shoe Designs” Contest in Honor of GFA 5th Anniversary.

With exploration angles including customization through technology, sustainable innovation, artistic collaborations, performance enhancement, and cultural influences, the Global Footwear Awards aimed to showcase exceptional talents within the global design community. The contest encouraged diverse contributions from established companies, independent designers, students, and emerging talents alike. The Global Footwear Awards (GFA) announced the winners of its […]

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Industry News & Press

GLOBAL FOOTWEAR AWARDS ANNOUNCES RENOWNED JURY PANEL FOR THE 5TH EDITION

Meet the jury members who will be evaluating bold, sustainable, and innovative designs at the 2024 Global Footwear Awards, bringing fresh perspectives and expertise from... Read more »

Meet Stephan Henrich, the designer behind the Cryptide One, Winner of the 2023 Footwear Brand of the Year.

Footwear Designer Stephan Henrich Reveals the Story of the CRYPTIDE – ONE – Project. Global Footwear Awards 2023, Footwear Brand of the Year. Winning project: The... Read more »

Footwear Designer Hita Wangse Rudira Reveals the Story behind Anta Terran AWR, winner in 2023 Best Overall category.

Footwear Designer Hita Wangse Rudira Reveals the Story of the ANTA – TERRAN AWR – (ALL WEATHER READY) Project. Global Footwear Awards 2023 Best Overall Winner.... Read more »
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Global Footwear Awards Jury members

Our esteemed jury panel consists of leading industry professionals whose talents and contributions to the footwear community are aspirational. They are leading professionals coming from different disciplines within the footwear industry, including major publications, retailers, institutions and influencers, providing an overall industry perspective towards the selection of the best design.

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GLOBAL FOOTWEAR AWARDS INTERVIEW

Noriyuki Misawa, multi-awarded shoemaker and artist
Magritte’s Stone by Noriyuki Misawa
Magritte’s Stone by Noriyuki Misawa

Meet Noriyuki Misawa, multi-awarded shoemaker and artist.

A pair of good shoes should also be a walkable work of art. How to better integrate technology and art in the process of designing and manufacturing shoes is considered to be a problem that the entire footwear industry has been exploring and thinking about. Recently, Linker  by Red Boots Awards, the Chinese partner of the Global Footwear Awards interviewed Noriyuki Misawa, a Japanese handmade shoe maker/artist, to launch an in-depth dialogue on technology and art, creation and inheritance of shoemaking concepts and professional experience.

Winning the Global Footwear Awards indicate that we are walking the right path and will continue to work hard in this way.

Dempsey Pauwels - Emerging Designer of the Year

It is such an honor to receive this award. I am very grateful to the jury and to the Global Footwear awards for recognizing my work on this international landscape. This design is very significant to me, especially because the realization of the concept was very complicated given the sphere shape of the heel, however I was determined to bring it to fruition.

Tori Soudan - Winner 2021

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