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Safa Şahin, an avant-garde shoe designer from Turkey, makes this entry of the Want List.
The talented craftsman and designer graduated at the Turkish Shoemakers Industrialists Institute Foundation (TSIIF) in the Department of Shoedesign in 2008.
When you look at one of his creations it is clear that Safa’s ideas know no boundaries and he is inspired by a multitude of things such as geology, entomology and botany. One may even consider Safa’s designs as works of art.
Şahin has prepared and organized several shoe collections for multiple companies with five personal exhibitions in the USA, Italy and Turkey.
It wasn’t until 2012 that he started his own brand using his own name.
I’m very excited to see how far into the future Safa can take us with his designs and curious to see whether he may consider creating other types of accessories or collaborating with a fashion designer.
To find out more about Safa visit his website.
Images courtesy of the Virtual Shoe Museum
Words by Anthony Caton