I didn't have too much time to explore and shop around Munich while I was there for ISPO, and it was my first time in the city, so I am sure missed a lot of hotspots...

...in any case, check out some pics from my trip below. Not particularily trend/footwear oriented, a little feel of my trip nonetheless.

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On Sat., Feb. 3 I attended the Volvo SportsDesign Forum

The theme of the forum was Personal Design, and a wide range of design and business professionals spoke and led workshops. The interesting discussion topics ranged from customization and brand identity to business aspects and applications of personalization and micro-markets.

Speakers included -

Stefano Natoli, Head of NIKEiD EMEA
Andrej Kupetz, managing director and technical manager of the German Design Council
Stefan Jansson, Designer of the new Volvo C30
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers and designer of the Apple I and II

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For a full list of presenters and workshops, be sure to check out Volvo SportsDesign Forum

In addition, as mentioned earlier, the hummel 8.4 PIO FGX was nominated for a design award in the footwear category. Along with the other nominees, the 8.4 PIO FGX was on display in main foyer of the forum, and later on the fair floor at ISPO for the thousands of sportswear industry professionals to view.

Unfortunately, hummel didn't take home the top spot in the Volvo SportsDesign Award, but it is a huge honor to be nominated in a category along with Nike and Adidas! Congratulations to Nike+ for the win.

Just got back from a full weekend in Munich with lots of good pics to share.

I shopped around Munich a bit Friday, attended the Volvo SportsDesign Forum and Awards Saturday, and hit the ISPO fair Sunday and Monday before coming back to Denmark.


As well, I also had the opportunity to hook up with Cris from StyleDepartment.com for an interview about hummel footwear design and First Pullover. The interview should be out shortly, but in the meantime, also feel free to check out his review of ISPO and the latest trends (in German).

To start with some general pics of the show, Click the Read More link below.
Additional coverage of the events, trends and shopping coming later this week.

UPDATE - I have just arranged my attendance at the Volvo SportsDesign Forum/Award Ceremony 3 Feb, 2007 in Munich and at the ISPO Fair 4-5 Feb.

If anyone is going to the forum/fair and would like to hook up, feel free to drop me a line at rkuchinsky@gmail.com

R