She told her students about it and offered extra class credit for any student who turned in a sketch of a Vans shoe design. Art department heads April Aiosa and Brent Widdows gave the project ...

One of the incentives Vans provided was that they could each design their own shoes. "When you get these guys and put them in a room with leather and all these ideas, they didn't know which way to ...

As more and more shoe brands offer their own versions of customization, Bellali says Vans aimed to find a way to not only offer people as many possible design options as possible, but to do as fas ...

I went through my book of flash designs and held them up to the actual Vans slip-on and figured out what designs contoured the best." Who his shoe design is for: "The design represents history and ...

When Central High School art teacher Cheryl Burchett told her students they could participate in the Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest, she got instant buy-in. “We were picked ...

we did a complete revamp of the shoe from a comfort, fit, and sustainability standpoint,” says Diandre Fuentes, Head of Design for Vans Lifestyle Footwear. “We refined the fit and construction ...

The shoes are part of the students’ entry for the Vans Custom Culture High School competition. (Sage Smiley/KSTK) Wrangell High School is one of 250 schools nationwide selected to design a pair ...