Josh Brubaker

The Footwear Design System

I'm putting everything I know about footwear design into one system. Templates, tech packs, and the real process, not another video course. Coming soon.


Inside the system

Twelve modules. Concept to production.

01Concept
02Silhouette
03Proportion
04Upper Architecture
05Materials
06Color
07Sketch
08Tech Pack
09Development
10Sample Review
11Revision
12Production

I've spent twenty-five years designing footwear. Shoes I've designed have sold more than a million pairs each. I've consulted for some of the biggest names in the industry, and I've spent the last decade running my own brand from the ground up.

Most of what I know never made it anywhere outside a factory or a design studio. This is that, put into a system: the templates, the checklists, and the actual process I use to take a shoe from a feeling to a finished product.

Leave your email and you'll be the first to know when it's ready.

— Josh
Also

Open for Freelance Design Work

Available for select footwear design projects, from concept sketches to full tech packs. If you've got a shoe you're trying to bring to life, let's talk.

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Twenty-five years of footwear design, coming to one system.

Josh Brubaker · The Footwear Design System