owner and director at STILESENS DESIGNERS

Antoine Briant

Chambéry, France

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Designer, innovator, manager and then entrepreneur. I work with leading brands on their product strategy and creative direction and manage a design team that creates footwear collections and innovations.

My extended experience at adidas offered me the chance to design the shoes worn by football greats like Zidane and also to create and develop advanced concepts for the future of the brand. In this purpose I set up and managed a dedicated team based in Italy for 6 years.

In 2006 I founded Antoine Briant Design and later Stilesens Designers, the studio that I still manage. A successful collaboration with small and big brands of different cultures and different fields made me the reknown consultant in athletic, outdoor and lifestyle footwear I am today.

Specialties:

- athletic and lifestyle shoe design

- innovative concepts for sports products

- design management

- creative direction
Education
- Master Industrial Design
  
  Creapole-ESDI
  
  1989 - 1993
- Bachelor Mechanical Engineering and Materials
  
  Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
  
  1985 - 1988
Experience
- owner and director
  
  STILESENS DESIGNERS
  
  Mar 2011 - Present (13 years 8 months)
  
  Consultancy in product design, strategy and innovation; we are specialized in footwear design for performance or leasure. We opened the studio early 2011 with a new team at the foot of the french Alps.
  We have left our mark on the following brands:
  - AIGLE
  - THE NORTH FACE
  - TECNICA
  - HOKA
  - SALOMON
  - WARRIOR
  - AKU
  - HANWAG
  - QUECHUA
  - TRIBORD
  - MAVIC
  - SALEWA
- owner - manager
  
  antoine briant design
  
  Oct 2006 - Dec 2011 (5 years 2 months)
  
  With a strong experience in sports shoes for performance and leasure, antoine briant design offers consultancy in Product Design, Strategy and Innovation.
  We have partnered with:
  - adidas (football, running, innovation)
  - Kronos (basketball, lifestyle sneakers)
  - Lotto (football, tennis)
  - Berghaus (outdoor)
  - Le Coq Sportif (tennis, training, basketball)
  - Kayland (hiking and mountaineering)
  - Hanwag (mountaineering)
  - Geox (training, sports style)
  - Salomon (snowboarding)
  - Level (ski gloves)
  - Salewa (mountain footwear and backpacks)
  - Munich (football)
  - Tecnica (hiking, trail, lifestyle)
  - Diadora (cycling, football, workshoes)
- Creative Director for Kronos brand
  
  Newcom Spa
  
  Jan 2006 - Sep 2006 (8 months)
  
  Product strategy definition with top management, product range building (shoes and apparel), brand image management, internal and external design resource management, footwear product design.
- Innovation leader / senior designer
  
  adidas
  
  Jan 2000 - Dec 2005 (5 years 11 months)
  
  Bring innovative solutions for athletic footwear products.
  I set up and managed a team in Italy that worked from the first concept sketches to the realization of functional prototypes.
  My responsibilities included personnel management, budget and global project communication.
  Projects for cycling, football, running, basketball.
- Designer / Senior Designer
  
  adidas
  
  Sep 1993 - Dec 1999 (6 years 3 months)
  
  I designed the ’95 to ’98 Football and Rugby footwear collections, including the Predator boots, a few lifestyle products and running shoes.I also worked on advanced concepts and technologies.
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