Interviews

We have goals, we have dreams. One of them has been a spot among the world's best sneaker stores, about which Nike is filming a series of short documentaries called Nike Talking Shop. With this series, the American icon represents the most significant flagships of sneaker & streetwear culture among retail stores, and Footshop is the newest part of it. From a bachelor project to the most important streetwear store of the CEE region in just one decade. From a small room with 200 pairs of shoes in boxe

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Our store employees help you choose exactly what’s best for you with a smile on their face, and are also the direct link between our customers and Footshop, so we’ve decided to introduce you to the crews of our stores – in this episode, you’ll get to know the Na Příkopě crew. The Na Příkopě store is our second store in Prague, creating a more premium alternative to our iconic, but not as frequented store in Vnitroblock. The store’s located in a building that historically belonged to a Czech bank, and th

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KishKash is a well-known sneakerhead, sneaker archivist, and cultural curator. He tries to interface with all aspects of culture, including sneakers, music, art, fashion, food, basically everything we experience within our lives. He has got a few thousand pairs of sneakers, a few thousand records. He had hosted a radio show for many years playing hip hop. To refresh our readers, if you could tell them who you are and what you do… What do I do? I never know the answer! My name’s KishKash; I’m over her

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The worlds of fashion and, more importantly, sneakers don't have enough women in them - in relation to this year's International women's day, we want to share the following message: this world is for you, so show us how you see things. At the same time, we want to give more visibility to the women that already have a standing in this industry through a series of interviews with the women of Footshop. In the last part, we questioned Bojana, Adriana and Yana. Adriana Jurdová Which of your feminine

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The worlds of fashion and, more importantly, sneakers don't have enough women in them - in relation to this year's International women's day, we want to share the following message: this world is for you, so show us how you see things. At the same time, we want to give more visibility to the women that already have a standing in this industry through a series of interviews with the women of Footshop. In the second part, we questioned Soňa, Lucka and Nina. Soňa Štefánková Which of your feminine st

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We want more of them in fashion and especially in the world of sneakers. Women are missing there, so as part of this year's International Women's Day celebration, we are spreading this message to the world: this is the world for you; bring your worldview into it. At the same time, we want to make visible those already found in this world. We will introduce you to three girls from Footshop, and the first is a series of interviews with Domča, Lucka, and Eka. Dominika Malovecká What qualities of you

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From running a successful label to being a resident of Possession rave parties, French-born DJ and producer Shlømo opens up about his journey in the French club scene, his early music inspiration but also about his career life before DJing. What have you been up to recently? I started to travel and perform during weekends again, get my professional pre covid life back again. I’m also working on several musical projects and forthcoming releases from my labels. My goal is to promote this new generat

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Megoulas Yassonas (a.k.a Cacao Rocks) was born in 1985 in Athens, Greece. He engaged in the art of graffiti at the age of 12.His work has been exhibited in numerous foundations, museums and galleries around the world. His artwork ranges from painting ,sculptures, installations to video art and performances. He has also created full artwork and branding for local musicians. Why do you use the nickname Cacao Rocks? There is no particular reason. I just liked how the letters looked on the walls. Als

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Edyta is a polish painter who is interested in their emotions, expressing them through contrasting colors, and occasionally blurring the lines between reality and fiction. She is of the opinion that painting lives through vivid colours, stimulating esthetic feelings and emotions in the observer. You paint mainly portraits - why is that? The preferred motif of my work is people. Strictly speaking, I am interested in their emotions, expressing them through contrasting colors, and occasionally blurr

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Johanna Walderdorff is a freelance illustrator based in Berlin. She has graduated from Middlesex’s BA Illustration course in 2012. She usually uses traditional materials like pencils and ink to create her images and then reworks them on the computer using modern devices such as tablets, Illustrator and Photoshop. How would you describe your style? I would never describe my own style but make people see it themselves. Why do you like expressing absurdity in your illustrations so much? It is

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Flavien Flavor alias MILE is a French artist from Toulouse who specialized in graffiti and street art. You have found many surfaces suitable for your art, e.g. a van, abandoned house, chimney, trains. How was the spraying of this recycled armchair different? I paint walls and trains with spray cans no, I loved to paint armchairs coz it’s change support for me…I like to custom with my graffiti flavor. Don´ t you miss the thrill while painting on the armchair? It’s a totally different feelin

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RRoel van der Linden is a playful painter. I only know a few artists from the past in whose work the game with art movements and style cliches is tossed and made into a new rhyme with art historical quotes, just out of love for the practice. Picasso and Picabia were at essential moments in their careers players like this and stole from all kinds of art movements to evoke a painterly party. What do you want to say to the public about your art? Does this message change in time? My art has been chan

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