Design your own shoes #1

http://www.fluevog.com/files_2/os-1.html

Now I'm in two minds about this, this isn't really a competition as there isn't really a prize....

Ok, crowd sourcing, it's the latest thing isn't it? I for one love the t shirt site threadless. http://www.threadless.com/

Ok, if they pick your shoe it gets named after you and you are featured on their site....

But alarm bells start ringing in my head when I read, 'We might use the whole thing, base a design of our own on it or just part of it. And your idea might only be for part of a shoe anyway.'

Ok, got that, so you're going to use us as a free design resource, just cherry picking our ideas, right? Thanks but no thanks all the same :)

RIP Skins

No, not the TV series, the footwear brand. Skins was an innovative shoe design concept where you bought a 'bone' and then customised it with a skin.

They filed to liquidate on Friday

Very sad and it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how innovative your designs are, if you don't have funding, then you are finished.