[Un]Discovers: Kobi Levi Footwear Design

It's time for another feature about amazing shoes design.  If you can recall, we had mentioned about Kobi Levi's design previously here.  Today, we're lucky to have Kobi telling us about himself and his design.

1. First and foremost, can you please give a brief background of yourself?
I'm from Tel-Aviv, Israel. I've graduated from Bezalel academy of art & design, Jerusalem, 2001. Since then I've collaborated with various shoe companies both locally and internationally, designing and developing footwear collections. I've always created my artistic shoe creations as well, it is my own art form, "art to wear".

2. What drew you to become a shoe designer?
I've always been fascinate with the shoe forms and shapes, and saw it as a sculpture for the foot. I wanted to create my own designs and show my point of view of footwear design. Design it not just as a product, even though these are completely real shoes and wearable, they are created as art.

3. We've looked at the interesting design of your shoes, where did your inspiration come from?
Inspiration can come from literally everywhere, as you saw in my designs. An image can simply come to mind and I start to explore it, or I can choose a theme that interest me and design with related images. I like to choose unconventional inspirations, or choose a more familiar image and design it in a completely different way.

4. Who inspired you the most as a shoe designer?
I like to see various creations from various designers. It is always fascinating to see new ways of design. I like Alexander Mcqueen's work, both with fashion and footwear design- simply amazing!

5. What do you want to accomplish as a shoe designer? and what is your plan of achieving it?
I'm creating these shoes as my own art and "let" it lead the way… and  it will be great to collaborate with fashion designers, with pop stars in music videos , artistic photoshoots etc'….   These days I will be exhibiting my designs in various exhibitions and shows. I would like to create my own "shoe scene", where the design is the main thing. People from so many different places find these designs interesting, it is great to see how well the shoes are communicating

Courtesy: Kobi Levi