Are you ready to fulfill every sneakerhead’s dream?

FOOT DISTRICT ATELIER opens the gates, a workshop + contest that provides the possibility to become a real sneaker designer. You will only need creativity, imagination and a comfy seat to get down to work in your own creation. 

Foot District Atelier is made to bring to reality every sneakerhead’s dream, providing the opportunity to anyone who would like to get closer to their dream of creating their own design through a virtual workshop. This action will be held virtually.

#FootDistrictAtelier starts with an online workshop led by Sam van Ijzendoorn aka VIJZ (@vijzbespokes), a professional sneaker customizer. It was 2013 when Vijz started to restore old sneakers in his attic, and about three years later he decided to create something of his own. That’s how the artist began to build his own version of the most iconic sneaker’s patterns, applying new materials, colors, overlaps and different styles. Now it’s your turn. In the Vijz’s workshop you will learn basic design knowledge and some good tips.

After this workshop, each of the participants will be ready to trigger their imagination and create their very own design. The workshop consists in developing a personalized re-edition from classic patterns that will be provided in the Foot District Atelier webpage. You will be able to choose from a variety of more than ten iconic models, from the Nike Air Force 1 to the Vans Old Skool. The colors, textures, materials and any other details can be freely reinvented according to the creator’s taste, always following the mentioned guideline, and the best part is that you don’t need to be a Photoshop master: you can use either digital techniques as well as hand painting, with the simple tools as a pencil, markers or any other type of painting… you can even make a collage! It will be our audience who will vote for their favorite on our webpage. The 30 designs with the highest amount of votes will make it to the next and final round. You can join the contest until April 30th at 23:59h. We won’t accept more participations after that time.

Collage Example

Digital Example

Hand-Painted Sketch Example

Together with Vijz, the Foot District team will pick a winner from these 30 final designs. The wining design will become alive! The winner will get the sneaker they designed by themselves, a unique personalized pair, plus a video showing the full process of manufacturing it.

CONTEST REGULATIONS

1. Only one person at a time is allowed to enter the contest. Each participant will be able to make only one design for each sneaker model, and it is allowed to submit up to 4 different models from the 13 available ones.
2. All the designs must be submitted in the respective Foot District Atelier file, that includes the rules of the contest, the possible materials and the corresponding template of each model. This file is available for download on our webpage. Those designs that might not be submitted through this file won’t be taken into consideration.
3. The allowed materials are included in each file. The designs that use different materials from the ones allowed won’t be taken into consideration.
4. Foot District’s logo must be part of the design, regardless of size, color or position. You can find the logo in the download of each file. Keep in mind that it is required to show the logo in order for us to accept your participation.
5. The design must be submitted in a PDF or JPG format. Any other format won’t be taken into consideration.
6. All files must be submitted to [email protected]. Each email must contain the design/s and a small description of it, including the name and last name of the participant.
7. All designs must guarantee a minimum quality. In case this minimum requirement wasn’t met, the respective design won’t be shown on the webpage nor be taken into consideration. Foot District reserves the right to determine if a design meets the minimum qualifications.
8. The top 30 designs voted by our community through this webpage will make it to the final stage. Foot District and the corresponding designer will choose the winner from these 30 finalists.
9. The winning design will be the only one brought into production, even if the author of that design had participated with more than one model.
10. Both the winning design and the sneakers made from that design cannot be commercialized. Please read the transfer of rights for further information.

In order to participate in Foot District Atelier,
CLICK HERE

Important reminder! Please remember to read carefully the rules of the contest, the steps to follow and any other further information provided by our team in our webpage.