We Started A Children’s Footwear Line To Inspire Creativity And Reading In Children And To Bring More Awareness To A Variety Of Deserving Children’s Books And Illustrators.

Ben, my business partner, came up with the initial idea of ARTWALKS and got in touch with me, a footwear designer, to work with him to make this line of shoes. Both of us as parents and designers, felt that there was not enough exposure to the numerous amounts of children’s book that were wonderfully illustrated.

We decided to start off with a small line of baby shoes, working with three amazing children’s book illustrators and launch an initial offering of designs on Kickstarter to make our goal a reality. It has been a very long year of working together with the artist and agents in China to sample our first set of baby shoes.

This is our humble beginning to develop a line of children’s footwear that will inspire a love for art and reading in kids one pair at a time and create more exposure to deserving children’s book authors and illustrators. Our ultimate goal for ARTWALKS is to expand into little and big kids sizes with a variety of designs and become the platform and voice for advocating creativity and reading for children of all ages.

To read more of our story please check out the Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artwalks/artwalks?ref=756140&token=17778e46

Hope the shoes we have designed thus far inspires you to help make art and reading an essential part of any little ones journey.

If you love what we do please also follow us on Instagram @whereartwalks

More info: kickstarter.com

ARTWALKS kid’s shoes based on kid’s books

Our first small line of baby shoes

Featuring Scott Campbell’s artwork

Artwork used on these two shoes are from Scott Campbell’s books “Hug Machine” and “If dogs run free”. You can see more of his work at https://www.scottc.com/

Featuring Joey Chou’s artwork

Original artwork by Joey Chou inspired from “I’m a unicorn” and “I’m a ballerina”. You can see more of his work at https://www.joeyart.com/

Featuring Jon Klassen’s artwork

Artwork from Jon Klassens’s books “I want my hat back” and “We found a hat”. You can see more of his work at https://jonklassen.tumblr.com/

Little Kids hightop concept design

Little Kids velcro strap concept design

Little Kids twingore concept design

Little Kids mid top concept design

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