There are no prerequisites for learning shoe design. Many designers in shoe companies even only have elementary school education, which shows that the entry threshold for this industry is low, but Chinese designers are copying the latest foreign designs. Fashionable styles or reprocessing, there are few truly own works, but this status quo will change with the addition of young and knowledgeable shoe designers.
Are you suitable for this industry? If you like it, then it is the industry that is most suitable for you. If you want to reach the top in this industry, then you must have the talent in this area.
If you want to find a job you like in this industry and get a higher salary than many industries, it is relatively easy to achieve such high expectations. The current success rate of shoe design training is very low, because you have to find a master to teach you. If you can't find a master to teach you, you will basically be eliminated. Of course, if you can find a master, why go to a training school?
For designers, it is definitely necessary to understand market information. Market information can feedback consumer demand and accurately grasp the design direction. The main methods are: market research and market information feedback from customers. Expanding market vision is helpful for design Grasp the style design at the time. In design, we should all know the popular elements of the season. Which style lines are mainstream in the market, which styles are popular in material applications, etc. We all need to understand in design, With a more thorough understanding, designers will not be confused in the design, and will not deviate too much in the design of styles, or develop designs that are immature or outdated. For example, the selection of traditional vulcanized shoe patterns , even if the patterns are different, if the same style as last year is used in the design, the basically designed product will be outdated.
Brand Vision
Shoe brands, products tend to be average They have their own design styles and unique tastes. Brands generally have fixed trademarks marked on the side. NKIE, ADIDAS, PUMA, etc. Brand design should adhere to a unique and in-depth understanding of the market, corporate culture, products and design. , providing customers with design services that are in line with market strategies and reflect the corporate spirit in a tailor-made manner. We maintain close contact with customers throughout the entire service process, and work together to enhance the company and brand image and achieve market goals. While designing It is helpful for designers to absorb the understanding and attraction of various brand styles, which is helpful to develop personal design thinking.
Ideological perspective
Excessive accumulation of experience will sometimes only hinder one's appreciation of new things. Curiosity. When designing, you need to maintain a calm and open mind, be open-minded in your ideological vision, and do not limit your own inherent vision. Once your thinking is limited, the styles designed will be seriously homogenized in the market. In addition to being detrimental to the competitiveness of products in the market, it is also not conducive to the improvement of personal design thinking. Only by opening up the horizons of thought and through continuous expansion, designers must try their best to abandon their inherent consciousness and habits, so that they can survive in a diverse environment. Continuously grow and break through own design bottlenecks
Detailed vision
When footwear designers design styles, it is inevitable for designers to modify and innovate the same styles on the market. , considering that in innovative design, style modification is more important than complete originality, this basically provides designers with a design method to quickly capture the market. It is inevitable that the same ideas will occur in the same style development and design process. In terms of development, it depends on who grasps the details of the style. For example, the design of the components or cloth labels on the tongue, the design of the silk screen pattern on the lining, the screen printing of the pattern on the lining, or the selection of popular floral plaid cloth, etc. Make a fuss about it, strengthen the selling points and highlights of the style, and at the same time enhance the competitiveness of similar products.
Information collection and digestion vision
The importance of information, I believe it is very important to the company or to the company It is necessary for designers to grasp the trend of the market in a timely manner. It is necessary to collect and classify new materials, new styles and popular styles in the market before each season's development, and always pay attention to the trend releases of relevant industries. And consult trend magazines. There is a lot of information as a backing in the design, and the design can be realized more quickly. For the company's external exhibitions, information about the styles photographed in the market or the original shoes purchased to be developed. It is far from enough for reference. Individuals also need to collect online and go to the market to grasp the popular styles in the market in a timely manner. The styles developed and collected every season need to be classified and digested and absorbed for each style, which will help to open up the design experience. In terms of ideas, the more you read, the more you grasp some of the selling points and highlights of the shoes, the more accurate the style and use of craftsmanship materials in design will be and are more suitable for the market; only then will you have a steady stream of ideas in design.