Shoe Material Design Guide: The shoe designers complete guide to selecting and specifying footwear materials (How Shoes are Made Book 2)

Do you want to be a professional shoe designer? You must learn how to select and specify shoe materials correctly. The Shoe Material Design Guide details all the materials you will need to make modern athletic, classic casuals and high fashion footwear. Written as a companion to our best selling How Shoes are Made , The Shoe Material Design Guide digs deep into the world of footwear materials and design. A must-read for young shoe designers!

Each chapter covers a specific shoe material type. You will learn how each material is made, the options available, and how to specify the material correctly. Chapters focus on shoe leather, textiles, synthetics, shoelaces, glue, reinforcements, hardware, logos, midsoles, outsoles, and more! You will also find information on topics such as material testing, sustainable production, and exotic materials.

Photographic cross section diagrams from more than 30 different shoe types included. You can see exactly how each material is used inside real production shoes. Look at basketball shoes, running shoes, track spikes, hiking boots, work boots, high heels, cowboy boots, and many more!

A must-have book for anyone interested in shoe design, shoemaking, and footwear design.

Soft Cover, 330 color photos, 28 Chapters, 195 Pages.

Straightforward, informative guidebook for shoe people.
As a footwear designer, I found this book extremely helpful; it covers all sorts of materials you can think of for footwear. With lots of photo references and straightforward messages, the book is easy to understand; it is a great guide for fashion professionals, students and also for people who want to understand the shoes a bit more.

Clear, easy to understand, lots of diagrams.
For someone like me who has never designed a single shoe, it's very clear and easy to understand. The pictures and how they are labelled make it very engaging, I could easily see it being used a textbook in a shoe making curriculum. All in all, very educational. Would recommend to anyone who wants to learn about shoe-making