Interview

Polymers in Footwear: Alvise Barbieri

21 August 2023

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Alvise Barbieri, former HEAD Footwear Licensee Designer

Alvise was formerly a footwear designer for U.B.C. Spa in Vicenza, where he was responsible for HEAD’s footwear collections, from lifestyle to running and trekking categories. After his studies in fashion design at IUAV in Venice he chose to focus on footwear attending the Politecnico Calzaturiero, where he won the BASF footwear design contest in 2021, whose focus was to create a shoe from recycled materials only. He recently started working for Silver Srl, helping to set up their design department.

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