COURSE ON LOCATION: @ FOOTWEAROLOGY LAB BARCELONA - LEVEL: sen
New course dates: January 11-12, 2025
How about spending a weekend in Barcelona, seeing the sights as well as learning about how to use AI to improve your footwear workflow? Many people have asked us to organize courses on the weekend to make it easier to combine with work, so on January 11 and 12 your are welcome to join us in the most inspiring city of Europe!
This weekend is meant for product managers, creative directors, senior designers and trend forecasters that want to learn how to apply AI to optimize their product development workflow from ideation to manufacturing.
We will focus on how to use AI for creating coherent and manufacturable collections that consistently follow your brand DNA and the seasonal trends that are relevant to your brand. We also will show you how AI can streamline collaboration among all stakeholders, saving you loads of time and money.
We intentionally organize this course for a small group with a maximum of 6 people, so we can tailor the contents to each participant.
This course is a great combination with our course for 3D Printing Wearable Footwear, which takes place the week after. This way you can materialize your AI designs right away!
Would you rather take this course with your own team in the comfort of your own office? Then just contact us to discuss our options for in-company training.
This weekend is meant for product managers, creative directors, senior designers and trend forecasters that want to learn how to apply AI to optimize their product development workflow from ideation to manufacturing.
We will focus on how to use AI for creating coherent and manufacturable collections that consistently follow your brand DNA and the seasonal trends that are relevant to your brand. We also will show you how AI can streamline collaboration among all stakeholders, saving you loads of time and money.
We intentionally organize this course for a small group with a maximum of 6 people, so we can tailor the contents to each participant.
This course is a great combination with our course for 3D Printing Wearable Footwear, which takes place the week after. This way you can materialize your AI designs right away!
Would you rather take this course with your own team in the comfort of your own office? Then just contact us to discuss our options for in-company training.
Course Schedule
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Course details and requirements
Included
- 2 days of classes in a small group with lots of personal mentoring
- On boarding call before the course starts, so we can analyze your needs and tailor the contents of the course to the audience
- coffee, tea and water at the lab
Excluded
- travel to and from Barcelona
- accommodation in Barcelona
- daily commute to the lab
- breakfast, lunch, diner and any activities outside of the classes
You have to bring your own laptop (PC or Mac), with Adobe Creative Suite installed (Photoshop Illustrator). One month before the course we will inform you which AI applications we will be focusing on. Whenever possible, we will aim to use free trials, however, some of the applications do require a subscription. We aim to limit costs for this to a maximum of 100 euros.
Adience
This is a course for footwear professionals that are leading design and other product development teams. It also very suitable for trend forecasters and color/material teams.
You do not need to be able to sketch or do 3D design, but you will need to have experience with the product development process.
You do not need to be able to sketch or do 3D design, but you will need to have experience with the product development process.
Schedule
The classes are every day from 8:30 - 15:30 with a 90-minute lunch break. They will take place at our lab in Barcelona: Carrer d´Espronceda 103.
We are in a central location close to metro station Poblenou and various bus and tram lines. Barcelona has great public transportation and cheap taxis, so you can book a hotel or Airbnb in any part of town.
We are in a central location close to metro station Poblenou and various bus and tram lines. Barcelona has great public transportation and cheap taxis, so you can book a hotel or Airbnb in any part of town.
Meet your instructor
Nicoline van Enter
Nicoline van Enter is one of the founders of Footwearology and Footwearology Lab. She is a world-renowned technology forecaster and visionary thinker, working for tech builders and brands around the world. She has already been working with various kinds of AI for several years and received early access to several of the current AI platforms for design. In this course she will share her experience with upskilling design teams for companies in AI, focusing on strategy and team work.
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