The Pensole Footwear Design Academy is offering a four-week-intensive master class created to identify and introduce aspiring designers to the art of footwear design, CMF and 3D modeling-and to find the world’s best sneaker designers.

Since its creation Pensole Footwear Design Academy has provided hungry designers with a stage to show off their talents. Under the watchful eye of sneaker architect and former Jordan designer D’Wayne Edwards, students put their skills to the test with the hopes of turning a dream into a career.

« This is Pensole’s largest class to date. We’ve now expanded the program to identify 30 of the top design students from around the world-in footwear, CMF and 3D. The winners in all three categories will have the opportunity to submit their projects to global brands and potentially have their designs sold at retail. » (D’Wayne Edwards, founder of Pensole)

In order to be eligible for the scholarship, and attend the class, each student has to submit one original footwear design, sketched by hand in black and white or color. Applicants must be at least 19 years of age or 18 with a year of college under their belt.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Call for applications open to any student all over the world.

Prize

The winners in all three categories will have the opportunity to submit their projects to global brands and potentially have their designs sold at retail.