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Footshop is becoming a social network apart from an online store by the day. All the time, we try to make your visit more interactive, which is why there's also your personal wishlist that you can do anything you like with. This year, you don't have to send a letter to Santa, you've got your wishlist. Your own unique list of favorite products that represent your style and keeps an eye on the best sneakers and apparel Footshop has to offer - read on to find out more about the wishlist's functions.

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Johanna Walderdorff is a freelance illustrator based in Berlin. She has graduated from Middlesex’s BA Illustration course in 2012. She usually uses traditional materials like pencils and ink to create her images and then reworks them on the computer using modern devices such as tablets, Illustrator and Photoshop. How would you describe your style? I would never describe my own style but make people see it themselves. Why do you like expressing absurdity in your illustrations so much? It is

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For a lot of people, Christmas is everything but stress-free. Personally, I love Christmas for a lot of reasons, so I’ve decided to give you a couple tips for this year’s festive season. Why is Christmas often so stressful? Well, you’ve got people everywhere, clichés all over the place, lots of stress and tons of other stuff that take away the real real essence of Christmas. And maybe your own experience with Christmas isn't all good, maybe something personal ruined it for you - whatever the reason, if

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Flavien Flavor alias MILE is a French artist from Toulouse who specialized in graffiti and street art. You have found many surfaces suitable for your art, e.g. a van, abandoned house, chimney, trains. How was the spraying of this recycled armchair different? I paint walls and trains with spray cans no, I loved to paint armchairs coz it’s change support for me…I like to custom with my graffiti flavor. Don´ t you miss the thrill while painting on the armchair? It’s a totally different feelin

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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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Footshop is publishing another project as part of the celebrations of 10 years since its founding. This time he teamed up with 10 artists from 10 different countries worldwide, each of which created a unique armchair made up of used cardboard from the Footshop warehouse. The series is accompanied by 10 custom sneakers and the "Footshop meets Reebok" clothing collection. Project was conceived as part of Footshop's long term mission of incorporating environmentally sustainable processes into the company's

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The most beautiful period of the year. Or not? Recently, paradoxically, December has been marked by hecticness, persecution, and stress. You will enjoy this Christmas. Pretty calm and with those closest to you. We've done everything for your relaxing Christmas. EXTENDED RETURN PERIOD Postpone what you can solve today. You can return or exchange all the products you order from Footshop until January 16. Therefore, if you are planning to donate some sneakers or clothes, you do not have to worry about n

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