Collection of objects.

• Lead Designer
  Katarzyna Ditrich-paturalska
• Design Team
  Technical Support: Maciej Sadowski
• Photo credit
  Emilia Łapko
• Prize
  Winner in ARTISTIC FOOTWEAR
• Expertise
  Independent

I used shoe designs that I created for a premium shoe brand in Poland Gino Rossi S.A. They were produced in hundreds of pairs. As fashion industry products they were subject of seasonality. Their lifespan was imposed top-down. I made my works timeless by embedding them in resin, which resembles shoes frozen in ice cubes. It is an attempt to restore the memory of the last and best shoes’ collection produced in this factory, which was liquidated few years ago. The size of Objects refers to the size of a shoe box. Titles refer to serial numbers used in the production process.

Bio
Since 2017 I’ve been leading the Shoe and Accessories Design Studio at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland. I’ve opened a doctoral dissertation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. I’ve had 12 years of experience in the footwear industry. I’ve designed one and a half thousand shoes that were implemented into production. I’ve cooperated with international brands Gino Rossi, Simple Creative Products, Badura, and the automotive company Subaru. I’ve designed footwear for theatrical performances. My collections have been exhibited in museums and galleries, noticed by the Italian VOGUE.

Other prizes
Winner of the FURLA Award for the most innovative accessories collection in concept, functionality, aesthetics and in the fabrics’ experimentation at the Mittlemoda Global Competition in Grado, Italy.