Interviews

RRoel van der Linden is a playful painter. I only know a few artists from the past in whose work the game with art movements and style cliches is tossed and made into a new rhyme with art historical quotes, just out of love for the practice. Picasso and Picabia were at essential moments in their careers players like this and stole from all kinds of art movements to evoke a painterly party. What do you want to say to the public about your art? Does this message change in time? My art has been chan

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Dani Labrosse (born in Budapest, 1997) is a self-taught illustrator with French-Hungarian roots. He usually uses different techniques in his work and tends to experiment. You could describe him as a new wave of artists who can combine new and old media. Through his art, we see the discovery of human differences and signs of individuality in each of us. Your visual style is in large part inspired by comic books and cartoons - what do you like about them? When I started drawing as a kid I wasn’t re

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Bulgarian young artist and illustrator, with interest in many fields of art, she works on various projects. Photography: Daniela Yordanova @sucks2beyoou , make-up: Maria Traykova @mariatraykova.makeup How would you describe your style of art performance? I like vibrant colors, squares, cartoon looking evil creatures with big shoes and smiley faces. What has inspired you to paint this upcycled chair? I was very curious and excited to apply the same technique that I use for my textile rugs

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Lucian is associated with Street art, experience customizing sneakers. He lives and actively creates in Bucharest. How would you describe your style? I would describe my style as simple and at the same time complex. Is a blend between book illustrations, spontaneous like Bebop, it has some mystical vibes and a touch of surrealism with a playful feel in it. Most of your illustrations represent a fantastic world full of imaginary symbols and characters. Why? Does it have anything to do with y

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Martin Lukáč’s and Footshop’s paths have been crossing for some time now - his paintings of turtles used to decorate our offices at one time, and then we had the public opening of our central warehouse in Prague, which featured some of his large format paintings - if you didn’t know about Martin Lukáč up until this point, he’s a Slovakian painter that has been living in Prague for a couple of years now. Martin’s work is expressive and dynamic. Even though it might sometimes not look like it, his craft i

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The artistic duo Ondrash&Kašpárek loves experimenting and definitely lived up to their expectations this time - they approached the customization of the armchair in an unusual way, making a kind of cover with holes in it, and you can see their trademark patterns on the sewn-together pillows. This is how the Footshop x Ondrash&Kašpárek armchair came to be. Your approach to the customization of the armchair was fairly out of the box. How did you come up with this unusual cover for it? Altho

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Peter Kováč aka Kovkou and Johanka Kučerová are a brilliant example of the Czechoslovakian background of Footshop. They’ve been a couple for 7 years now and both of them are an inseparable part of the company. Kovkou was there with Peti Hajduček at the very beginning, making the first steps to getting customers. Today, he’s the creative director, while Johanka covers marketing campaigns and projects. If you had to pick an important moment in Footshop’s history you were there for, which one would it be?

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The best high street cheat for basics? And which sneakers are the best for DJing all night? You may remember them from our spring Raf Simons campaign, the electronic dynamic duo Fractions. Exclusively for Footshop, they tell us about the impact of 90s music in their production and share their thoughts on fashion and trends. Can you briefly describe yourselves for the people who haven’t yet heard about you? Nikita and Artem, two Russian blokes, living in Prague making highly energetic electronic dance

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The head in which the idea of starting an e-shop with sneakers was born. Initially, the bachelor's thesis grew into something that even Peter Hajduček himself could not imagine 10 years ago. Come and take a look at his memories of what he went through with Footshop. What does Footshop mean to you? I'll put it in a broader sense. If I skip the first ten years of my life, when I was a little kid, I've spent half of my life with Footshop. For the last 10 years, I wake up and go to sleep thinking about F

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Daniel comes from Krnov, Czech Republic, he’s finishing law school in Brno and pursues drag. In this interview, he’ll be talking about reactions to his identity and his experience with hate crimes. Can you introduce yourself, Dan? I’m 25, I come from Krnov, and after finishing high school, I moved to Brno, where I’m studying law at Masaryk university. At the moment, I’m finishing my 5th year of studies, finishing my thesis and I plan to move to Prague in the autumn. I’ve got a part-time job as a rece

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Kryštof is an LGBTQ+ activist who spent most of his youth abroad. In this interview, he’ll be sharing his experiences with online and offline reactions to him and talking about the current situation regarding equality in the Czech Republic. Can you introduce yourself, Kryštof? Who are you and what do you do? I’m 22 years old, and I’m from Prague. I’m gay, queer. I study law and politics at university in France, because I’ve always wanted to pursue human rights. I had an internship in Brussels in the

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Amanda comes from Brazil, Sao Paolo. She came to Prague 3 years ago as she was looking for a safer place to live. She tells us in the interview what it was like to be “different” in Brazil culture and what she needed to overcome to be finally happy in Prague. Amanda, can you introduce yourself a bit? What do you do? Where do you come from? I am 23 years old, I come from Brazil, Sao Paolo and I moved to Prague 3 years ago, as I was looking for a safer place to live. What do you mean by looking

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