Pensole Footwear Design Academy, based in Portland, OR, announced the launch of a series of professional development courses by the name of Pensole Capsoles. The courses will be held in conjunction with the Two Ten Footwear Foundation and the NW/NE Apparel and Footwear Materials Shows, at locations on the west and east coasts.
Weve established these courses in two of the nations top footwear states-Oregon and Massachusetts-with two highly respected industry partners, Two Ten and the Materials Shows, Pensole founder DWayne Edwards said. Theyre specifically designed to help young footwear professionals become future leaders of the industry.
Pensole Capsoles will each be three days in length and cover topics such as: Materials Design-fundamentals of color, materials and finishes; By Design-leadership, concept development and storytelling; and You Got Briefed!-writing a perfect product brief.
Pensole has partnered with American Events to launch Capsoles days before both the NE and NW Apparel and Materials Shows in Danvers, MA and Portland, OR.
We are pleased to partner with Pensole as the NW Apparel and Footwear Materials Show marks its 20-year anniversary and we are excited to have Pensole on board as a sponsor of our opening night reception, Materials Show founder Hisham Muhareb said. This is a great opportunity for the apparel and footwear industry to connect with education.
The Northeast Capsoles will be will be held at the Two Ten Offices in Waltham, MA: Material Design, March 8-10, 2013; By Design, March 25-27, 2013; You Got Briefed!, April 1-3, 2013.
Michael Jordan said ‘some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. Pensole is making things happen, Two Ten Footwear Foundation president Neal Newman said. Two Tens partnership with DWayne and Pensole is about making great things happen for our footwear industry: more exceptional design talent, more young leaders, more career opportunities, and a stronger and unified footwear community. The next few years will be very exciting.
The Northwest Capsoles will be held at the Pensole Footwear Design Academy in Portland, OR: Material Design, March 16-18, 2013; By Design, April 8-10, 2013; and You Got Briefed!, April 15-17, 2013.
Pensole will also offer one scholarship per Capsole to an individual footwear company to send a designer of its choice to attend a Capsole class. A percentage of the proceeds from each Capsole held at Two Ten will go to support the Two Ten Footwear Foundations design scholarship fund. The full description of Capsole can be viewed at http://www.pensole.com/programs/
DWayne Edwards, a celebrated member of the global footwear community for the last 23 years, founded Pensole to give talented young design students-regardless of socioeconomic background-an opportunity to learn from the industrys best, without financial barriers, and to provide the industry with a farm system for the next generation of footwear designers.
Since the first Pensole class in 2010, there are more than 35 Academy graduates working professionally, full-time or as interns, for footwear companies worldwide such as Columbia Sportswear, Bluehaven, AND1, North Face, New Balance, Wolverine, Cole Haan, Under Armour, Stride Rite, adidas, JORDAN and Nike.
