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59Turkish Shoe Designers / T%u00fcrk Ayakkab%u0131 Tasar%u0131mc%u0131lar%u0131 Ba%u015far%u0131l%u0131 ayakkab%u0131 tasar%u0131mc%u0131s%u0131 Safa %u015eahin%u2019in ayakkab%u0131 tasar%u0131m%u0131na merak%u0131, kahvesini al%u0131p ayakkab%u0131 tasar%u0131mlar%u0131 yapan, evde kendi yapt%u0131%u011f%u0131 terliklerle dola%u015fan abisinin arkada%u015f%u0131 sayesinde ba%u015fl%u0131yor. Zaten %u00e7izime ve hatta graffitiye merakl%u0131 olan %u015eahin, %u00f6nce ayakkab%u0131 tasar%u0131m%u0131 okuyup sonra g%u00fczel sanatlar resim b%u00f6l%u00fcm%u00fcn%u00fc bitirmesiyle, ayakkab%u0131y%u0131 sanatla birle%u015ftiriyor. Meslek ya%u015fam%u0131n%u0131n ba%u015f%u0131nda %u00e7al%u0131%u015ft%u0131%u011f%u0131 2 farkl%u0131 firmadan %u2018%u00fcretime uygun olmayan ayakkab%u0131lar%u2019 yapt%u0131%u011f%u0131 gerek%u00e7esiyle kovulan %u015eahin, bug%u00fcn yolculu%u011funa Balmain%u2019de devam ediyor! Balmain%u2019in efsanele%u015fen unicorn sneaker%u0131n%u0131n tasar%u0131mc%u0131s%u0131, Balmain Sneaker tasar%u0131m departman%u0131n%u0131n ba%u015f%u0131ndaki isim Safa %u015eahin%u2019le yarat%u0131m s%u00fcre%u00e7lerini ve tasar%u0131ma bak%u0131%u015f a%u00e7%u0131s%u0131n%u0131 konu%u015ftuk.Successful shoe designer Safa %u015eahin%u2019s interest in shoe design began thanks to a friend of his brothers, who would sit down with his coffee and work on shoe designs, while walking around the house in slippers he made himself. Already interested in drawing and even graffiti, %u015eahin combined shoes with art by first studying shoe design and then completing his fine arts degree in painting. At the beginning of his career, %u015eahin was fired from two different companies for making %u2018shoes unsuitable for production,%u2019 but today he continues his journey at Balmain! The designer of Balmain%u2019s legendary unicorn sneaker, Safa %u015eahin is now the head of Balmain%u2019s Sneaker Design department. We spoke with him about his creative process and his perspective on design.