Sister 2 Sister (2) Pics and Recap...

Our second Sister 2 Sister all-female sneaker design seminar just wrapped on Wednesday with an exclusive insiders' look at the Converse Headquarters. Over 20 female Converse staff showed us their roles in taking kicks from market research to material design, product development and onto our feet! Thanks Converse...


Over the weekend we had 20+ amazing participants and 9 mentor teachers working away at improving our skills drawing and designing sneakers...

Draw, draw, draw! Imani was one of 10 middle schoolers showing it's never too young to start becoming a sneaker designer!

This design team was challenged to come up with a new brand; here they're doing some market research and looking for inspiration...


As always, the weekend includes loads of one-on-one mentoring. Here Sabrina (left), from MassArt, gets tips from Layla Hassoun from Sperry Topsider.

Kathleen O'Donnell from RISD shows off her final design.

For more images and stories from the weekend, click here.

Many thanks to our fantastic mentor teachers, hard-working participants, and generous sponsors: Abekam, Karmaloop, No. 2 Foundation and Pensole!

Thanks also to our fabulous hosts, MassArt, for having us back again!

And last but not least, thanks to our photographers, Natanya Khashan and Felicia Eason.

Sister 2 Sister Sneaker Design Seminar is BACK!

Sister 2 Sister, the only all-female sneaker design seminar, is back! After our fabulous first round last Fall, FSF is teaming up once again with MassArt and some of the top female sneaker designers in the industry to host this one-of-a-kind event. Don't miss it! Applications due Wednesday, April 13th. This event is FREE, thanks to our generous sponsors! A special addition to this weekend seminar is an exclusive day at Converse HQ for participants on Wednesday, April 20th.

For more info, click here.

For images from our first seminar, click here.

D'Wayne Edwards Design Interview

Check Counterkicks for an interesting interview with D'Wayne Edwards, the Creative Operations Manager at JORDAN Brand. He's the man behind Future Sole, and he's been invaluable in putting on this weekend's Sister2Sister event. Thanks D. As an experienced designer, he's ready to make room for more women and people of color in the industry. Let's do it! (And applicants, get those designs in!)

Sister2Sister Footwear Design Seminar!

With the help of some fabulous sponsors and friends, FSF is proud to announce the first ever female-only footwear design seminar! It's coming up SOON at MassArt in Boston, and will feature top female footwear designers from across the industry. It's all FREE to qualifying high school and college age students. To learn more and find out how to get in, check out the full description here.

Many many thanks to all our sponsors, our host MassArt, as well as the professional designers who are donating their time to make this special event possible. And the most thanks of all to D!