Sotiris Tasiopoulos
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About
SOTIRIS TASIOPOULOS
FOOTWEAR DESIGNER
Passionate footwear designer specialized in sports, lifestyle and high performance footwear design with 15+ years of experience.
Graduated with the highest degree from EL.KE.DE (Greek Fountation of Leather) shoe design and development school.
Been associated with various footwear companies as a freelance or consistent designer
in the sports footwear industry.
Experienced on design and development process while have been to China and Portugal
for the accomplishment on various projects.
Team person and flexible to travel when necessary.
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Education
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A Degree Footwear Design and DevelopmentEl.Ke.De. Footwear Institute1996 - 1998Graduated with the hiest degree from El.Ke.De. footwear Institute in Greece, after 2 years of studies on footwear design and development. Awarded with the yearly scolarship after the final exams to Leicester Fashion and Footwear Institute in U.K.
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Experience
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Freelance Footwear DesignerSep 2017 - Present (7 years 3 months)Freelance footwear designer and consistent associate with the footwear design services
and footwear agency “Inpair studios” in Portugal, specialized in athletic ,casual and luxury
sneaker design.
Responsible for renderings in Illustrator / photoshop and technical specifications for
customers around the world that produce sneaker footwear in Portugal with the highest
standards of quality and development.
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Senior Footwear DesignerSep 2017 - May 2018 (8 months)Head footwear designer for the revival and comeback of the legendary greek sportswear
company Zita Hellas established 1918.
Responsible for the remake of vintage sneakers from the 80’s and 90’s in addition of new
designs footwear collection.
Prototypes, material research and final samples took place in Portugal and worked closely
with In Pair studio footwear agency through the whole process.
Been envolved as well on the promotion and marketing of the brand through collaborations
with famous music artists, promotional special music and art events and a limited edition
collection.
http://zitaoriginals.com
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Awards
Designed and participated on the development of 5 layers insole ‘’FlexOn’’for Danza Muerte dancing shoes for extra flexibility and cushioning after 1 year of research and testing.
Collaborating with InPair studio in Portugal for the casual seasonal collection of Christiano Ronaldo CR7.
12 times finalist on kicksguide monthly "artist series" shoe design contest.
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