A′ Design Award & Competition
Winner — Industrial Design 2024/25, “Air Step Hike”
Modular air-tech sole (0.5–1.5 bar) — designed, engineered and rendered end-to-end.
01 · Brief
A hiking shoe whose sole can be adapted by the wearer rather than fixed at the factory.
02 · Approach
A modular air-tech sole, taken end-to-end: concept, engineering and photorealistic rendering.
03 · Engineering
Modular air chambers with an adjustable pressure range of 0.5–1.5 bar.
04 · Result
A′ Design Award Winner — Industrial Design category, 2024/25.
From the production floor to photorealistic 3D
Footwear design expert with 10+ years across design, pattern engineering and production optimisation.
I started on the production floor: for eight years I coordinated production at Assunção & Rodrigues, leading a team of seven and owning workflow, process control and final product quality.
In 2020 I moved into sole engineering at Sola de Ouro — technical sole design, CAD, CNC programming and laser design — then moved into footwear pattern engineering, building 2D CAD moulds for the prototyping process.
I then worked as a Senior 3D Artist and joined the Kids design team to help design the AW27 collection. Knowing how a shoe is actually built — sole, pattern and production — is what I bring to every concept, from first sketch to factory floor.
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Joined the Kids design team, contributing to the AW27 collection design.
Education
Skills
Design
Advanced footwear design & pattern engineering
Innovative concept development & visualisation
3D & Rendering
Autodesk Maya (3D modelling)
Blender (3D rendering)
Vizcom AI
CAD
AutoCAD 2D/3D drafting
Rhinoceros 2D/3D design
Recognition
A′ Design Award Winner — Industrial Design 2024/25, “Air Step Hike”