Professional Sole Design
with Mentoring and Certification

Course overview
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Meet the instructor

Defne Yalkut

Patrick Jones - Course author
Defne Yalkut is coming from a fashion design background and has entered the footwear world by being hired by Vibram, the world leader brand of outsoles where she worked as senior designer for 12 years.

She designed soles for a vast number brands on outdoor like Merrell, Hi-Tec, Scarpa, as well as for fashion brands like Hugo Boss, Visvim, Paul Smith, Armani and many others.

She constantly teaches Sole Design in Istituto Europeo del Design-Milan and ARSUTORIA.

Since 2017 she owns her own design studio giving design services on soles and footwear mostly on performance and outdoor segments for different brands all over the world.

She constantly seeks growth and her passion for design is the heart of her profession. 
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