Home of the Virtual Show Museum

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The Virtual Shoe Museum was initiated by Liza Snook in 2004. Once the idea was born, a long search began for designers, photographers and publishers connected to shoes. New friendships developed and our mailbox filled with loads of material on fantastic shoes, art and design on shoes.

And finally, with the help of Taco Zwaanswijk of Interactive Affairs, who designed the site, and Bart van der Ploeg of Resolume, who programmed the database and created the content management system, we're live! And proud! And we're only just beginning...

If you have any questions about the collection, or leads on shoes or designers, please let us know. Also, we're interested in your opinion on the collection and your experiences in the museum. You can contact the Virtual Shoe Museum by mail: Liza@VirtualShoeMuseum.com.

The Virtual Shoe Museum has different 'perspectives' on a shoe or object. These perspectives (designer, focus, colour, material, etc) show related objects and thus ways to navigate the collection.

The left column of the screen contains the main navigation. Each perspective contains several 'rooms'. Each room contains thumbnails of the objects it contains (on the right side of the screen). Choose any to view this object.

On an object's page, below the image, you can view more images, video and text (if available). Above the thumbnails, you find a list showing all the rooms this object belongs to. Here you can wander the rooms and find related objects.

Hind (René van den Berg)
Bridal sandal
NDT III
Otazu
Bridal mule
Hind
Shoe sculpture 5
Shoe sculpture 4
Shoe sculpture 3
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René van den Berg

Our current homepage is dedicated to Dutch shoe designer and artist René van den Berg. At the European Songfestival the 20th of may, Dutch singer Hind will wear his spectaculair boots.

Dutch shoe designer and artist René van den Berg makes many unique shoes for haute couture and pret à porter shows. He also create special designs for private clients, theaters and commercials. Recently he started making bronze shoe sculptures. The abstract shoe sculptures are a logical contination from his balanced architectural forms in shoe design.

Liza Snook
Director