Basics of Footwear Design Masterclass
Facilitatior : Ridhwana Shaik
This self-paced course is for anyone wanting to understand how the footwear industry works and wants to understand if a career in footwear design is for them,
We cover a variety of topics from the different types of materials we use in footwear making to understanding how to create and use trend boards.
Once the purchase is complete you will be sent an information pack, followed by an email with a link and password to access the masterclass and additional materials within 24 hours of your purchase. No refunds will be issued once the link and password are delivered.
OUTLINE
Your purchase Includes :
- 90 minutes of tutorial videos
- PDF documents with further information links and study material
- Practical templates to help you improve your drawing skills
*note, this is a non-transferable product
Once the purchase is complete you will be sent an information pack, followed by an email with a link and password to access the masterclass and additional materials within 24 hours of your purchase. no refunds will be issued once the link and password are delivered.
About Ridhwana Shaik
Ridhwana ‘Ray’ Shaik is a creative economy and sustainability consultant with over 10 years of experience in the footwear and apparel industry. She has gathered rich learning experiences spanning from Italy to The Netherlands.
From having worked in Asia to building brands in Africa, she has created extensive networks for both manufacturing and sourcing. As the founder of a creative agency called Green Start Ideas, she helps small brands build products from idea to production within the creative space and helps them leverage opportunities within the Circular Economy.
She currently operates at the nexus of footwear/fashion education and sustainable thinking and has launched an online footwear design course and continues to collaborate with leading educational institutions on the continent in creating footwear design programs that focus on circular economy principles.
As a sustainability-led creative consultant, her first point of reference is always getting the design right so that the products she helps create, do not become a burden to the environment further downstream. She also facilitates various workshops around design-thinking, and footwear making and runs a few pro-bono workshops per year teaching disadvantaged women how to make baby shoes by repurposing fabric and textile waste.