Dog

Miao

Swan

Mallard Duck

Toucan

Elephant

Blow

Olive Oyl

Blonde Ambition

Mother & Daughter

Banana slip-on

Diner version

Porcelian version

Slide

Sling-Shot

Contemporary Chinese

Double boots

Tongue

Tulip

Market trolley

Market

Kobi Levi is a genius, unusual, true creative talent, the captor of surrounding reality, of unpredictable objects, of animal appearances.

He graduated in 2001 at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, specializing in shoe design. In the last five years he has collaborated with the company Skins Footwear and, as a freelance designer, with various Israeli and international brands.

 He considers shoes as his canvas that when handled and transformed takes on “extreme” appearances, like a new hybrid element. The result has a strong humorous appeal and his point of view is unique. “

When I design a shoe I envisage it as a sculpture to wear, a piece of art you live with. Your body and yourself affect the shoes’ look and the other way around. Shoes must have a life of their own even when they are not worn.”

 Each piece is handmade in the designer’s studio, woven and carved with the care of an artisan. For each shoe, Olivia, a slide, a banana skin, an elephant, a teapot, a dog, and many other everyday objects, are seen and created like objects for a surrealist exhibition, like museum pieces. But also as accessories to be worn, shoes that make us sway and show an unusual way to be and appear.

 (Vogue.it)

Genuis Indeed! He continually amazes me with his "artistic range."

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is the designer and brand manager for his own line of women’s shoes. He comes from an intense fashion design background that includes studies at important institutes like IED Moda Lab, Domus Academy, Bocconi and Politecnico di Milano, all the way to a diploma in “Footwear Collection Development” from Cercal in San Mauro Pascoli, the epicenter of Italian shoe manufacturing.



Having specialized in graphics and images, Rizieri worked in the shoe division of Marni before moving on to his own creative project in 2008 – a project based on values such as making things by hand, excellence in craftsmanship, sophisticated details and the exclusive elegance of Italian style.



Rizieri’s “green” sense of responsibility can be seen in how he used materials that are completely “eco friendly” for the S/S 2011 collection featuring vegetable dyes and tanning methods. For this coming winter’s collection, leftover leathers and other material remnants will be used. Master Italian shoe makers aim to transform these pieces into “zero impact” shoes available in limited, numbered editions.



It’s no surprise then that Livia Firth (creative director of Eco Age) chose to wear the Maty model to the Golden Globes where her husband Colin Firth won best actor for his role in “The King’s Speech.”



The red carpet of Hollywood Boulevard turned just that little bit “green” for the occasion and we hope that this trend wins over more celebrities so as to sensitize others to the idea of a way of modern living that pays attention not just to fashion but to the planet as well.



(Vogue.it)

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