Design. Develop. Make.

Physical product design and development with deep expertise in footwear. From first idea through prototype and production.

Selected Work

Footwear at Scale

Canadian Tire Corporation / Sport Chek / Mark's

Leading design and development across a $50M portfolio and 300+ seasonal footwear SKUs.

Handmade Shoes, Reinvented

Nelson Silva

Reimagining handmade footwear through patternmaking, material experimentation and a repeatable two-hour construction process.

Designing from the Factory Floor

Mellow Walk Safety Footwear

Ten years working across design, patternmaking, development, sourcing and production inside a Canadian footwear factory producing approximately 500 pairs per day.

Custom 3D Last Development

Combining measurements, 3D scanning, CAD and additive manufacturing to develop custom footwear lasts for bespoke, medical and performance applications.

What I do.

DESIGN

Concept development
Product direction
Trend + consumer insight
CMF

DEVELOP

Patternmaking
Materials + construction
Tooling
Tech packs

PROTOTYPE

Hands-on sampling
Pattern development
Fit assessment
Physical problem-solving

PRODUCE

Factory development
Sourcing
Costing
Sample review
Production support

New to footwear?

I can help brands without an internal footwear team develop products from initial concept through manufacturing.

Designer. Developer. Maker.

I'm a product designer and developer with 20+ years of experience bringing physical products to life.

My background moves between the design studio, workshop and factory floor. I've led large commercial footwear programs, worked hands-on as a factory patternmaker and custom shoemaker, developed products with factories around the world, and continue to prototype and make from my Toronto studio.

I like figuring out how things are made and how they can be made better.

Working on Something?

I work with brands, manufacturers and design teams on freelance, contract and collaborative product-development projects.