18-04-12, 10:15 AM
@ nikosg it's pretty clear darula works for adi he could be a cleaner or something fuck knows 
Regarding knowing what shoes are dropping in 2013/2014 here's a bit from the C-LAW interview:
"Stage 1: Discussion and briefing, why are you doing this shoe? Where’s it for? What’s it for? Who’s it for? How much is the retail gonna be? On most things you have to design within a price ceiling, unless it’s a project like OByO (Originals by Originals). So once you have that figured out…
Stage 2: Sketching, you can do this in various ways, straight in Adobe Illustrator which I don’t think most people can do and you shouldn’t really do it there. Get the pens and paper out and go for it. Normally you start with a last shape, as the last is the skeleton of the shoe, it determines shoe tape, toe spring, all that good stuff. It helps you to know where you’re starting with on the last, unless you’re designing the last too, then that’s a more complete, new shoe direction. Or, if you’re designing a shoe based on an existing last, you can (and I sometimes do this too) get a shoe with that last, cover it in masking tape, and draw straight on that. Or get a last and wrap it in white leather (a white shell) and draw on that.
Stage 3: At adidas we have an amazing pattern technician (Karen Vu) and she will take my drawings or tape ups and create a pattern file. Then she’ll plot that and print it directly into two halves of white leather, which are then sewn together and lasted.
Stage 4; I would get that pattern file back, and either edit it in Illustrator or draw straight on it.
Stage 5: Then we’ll make a ‘pull over’. This is your pattern cut into its actual shapes and then sewn together to give you a much better feeling for the shoe.
Stage 6: If your pattern file is sorted and you’re happy, you’ll send that to Asia to get a first round sample. At this stage you would normally draw a CAD in Illustrator which you’ll create a colorway on and a material map so the factory can build accordingly.
Stage 7, 8, & 9: Normally rounds of samples that see how the shoe take materials and colors.
Stage 10: Salesman samples, pretty much the finished thing, though some things can still get tweaked.
Stage 11: Shoe on the shelf, on a blog, and on your feet.
That’s a strict process! The freedom must come in the creativity… on that note, where do you draw your inspiration from?
Check the full story here: chris-law
Regarding knowing what shoes are dropping in 2013/2014 here's a bit from the C-LAW interview:"Stage 1: Discussion and briefing, why are you doing this shoe? Where’s it for? What’s it for? Who’s it for? How much is the retail gonna be? On most things you have to design within a price ceiling, unless it’s a project like OByO (Originals by Originals). So once you have that figured out…
Stage 2: Sketching, you can do this in various ways, straight in Adobe Illustrator which I don’t think most people can do and you shouldn’t really do it there. Get the pens and paper out and go for it. Normally you start with a last shape, as the last is the skeleton of the shoe, it determines shoe tape, toe spring, all that good stuff. It helps you to know where you’re starting with on the last, unless you’re designing the last too, then that’s a more complete, new shoe direction. Or, if you’re designing a shoe based on an existing last, you can (and I sometimes do this too) get a shoe with that last, cover it in masking tape, and draw straight on that. Or get a last and wrap it in white leather (a white shell) and draw on that.
Stage 3: At adidas we have an amazing pattern technician (Karen Vu) and she will take my drawings or tape ups and create a pattern file. Then she’ll plot that and print it directly into two halves of white leather, which are then sewn together and lasted.
Stage 4; I would get that pattern file back, and either edit it in Illustrator or draw straight on it.
Stage 5: Then we’ll make a ‘pull over’. This is your pattern cut into its actual shapes and then sewn together to give you a much better feeling for the shoe.
Stage 6: If your pattern file is sorted and you’re happy, you’ll send that to Asia to get a first round sample. At this stage you would normally draw a CAD in Illustrator which you’ll create a colorway on and a material map so the factory can build accordingly.
Stage 7, 8, & 9: Normally rounds of samples that see how the shoe take materials and colors.
Stage 10: Salesman samples, pretty much the finished thing, though some things can still get tweaked.
Stage 11: Shoe on the shelf, on a blog, and on your feet.
That’s a strict process! The freedom must come in the creativity… on that note, where do you draw your inspiration from?
Check the full story here: chris-law