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Having regoogled myself today it's nice to see my shoes are still recieving more coverage so thank you all! I also hope to be able to talk about a few new projects which are hopefully in the pipeline soon so please bear with me..

Ecouterre piece

I'm still hugely excited to keep finding my work spreading to new blogs and online magazines. One of which - Ecouterre magazine contacted me for further information and have written an article about my collection. As a result I have also written a press release which is available if you email me at info@helenfurber.com. View the piece here. Here some other new snippets of press I've managed to find..

Pressing Matters

Since the style bubble post, I've been overwhelmed by lots of new blog posts about me springing up and a fair few emails regarding ordering shoes. I thought I should explain that at present the shoes are not available to buy, and are not likely to be purchasable for some time (if ever). Currently they are very much a concept prototype and would require much further engineering of parts for them to be manufactured as working footwear (adidas mentioned they take around 2 years to develop new concept products..)
However I am looking into the possibility of making up a small sample run with September Fashion Week in mind - but this is still very much inquiry stage (anyone interested in sponsoring me please get in touch..info@helenfurber.com!)

I'm also working on a website, apologies it's not up and running yet..

In the meantime I've become addicted to googling myself and seeing how many new posts pop up - really amazing! Here are some other snippets including refinery29.com, trendhunter.com, fashionindie.com, designscene.net...

the right kind of bubble

Unfortunately between industry night on thursday evening last week and friday lunchtime (when I took my friend to visit the carnaby exhibition), someone stole the lookbook I had on display with my shoes. Considering it cost me £30 to print (a lot on my student budget!) as well as a trip out to my shoefactory in leyton to emboss the cover myself I'm a bit gutted and just hoping it's in good (fashioney/press) hands. On the bright side I'm absolutely ecstatic that I've been featured on superblogger susie lau's stylebubble blog over the weekend, and what a post it is:

"I'm therefore pleased that I have killed two birds with one convenient stone by finding a designer who a) easily gets graduate footwear designer of this year (last year was the fearless Chau Har Lee) and b) also has impressed me with her will to combine forward-thinking production means with sustainability in materials as well as a mind-blowing aesthetic.. "

I feel really honoured to be featured given that this is a blog I've followed religiously for several years now and overwhelmed by the positive response and great feedback which susie's post is generating. Thankyou to Susie and everyone who's commented - and how exciting!

I don't eat bread feature

I also had a fantastic write-up on a blog called I don't eat bread, which is a a bit super cool, with some lovely photos so check it out. You can view my post if you scroll to 4th June.. and here is a copy of what the lovely Lauren wrote, my heart was all a flutter when I read it!

"I'm pretty certain that if I could marry any shoe, I would be walking down the aisle with these beautiful creations attached to my lips (definitely not my feet). I was just browsing on the LCF site, looking for a new designer fix as I haven't had one in a LONG time, when Helen Furber popped up and stole my heart. Seriously, there just aren't any adjectives to describe the magnitude of her achievements. She works in an ethically conscious manner that beautifies her designs rather than inhibiting them, resulting in genius that can't really be achieved with the same meaning on unethical items. The reason for the shoe being split into two parts comes from her idea of adding sustainability and recyclable nature to the materials and forms Furber creates. The upper of the shoe represents that sustainability whilst the plastic wedge creates a renewable source of material.
My main reason for worshipping these bloody incredible creations is the feeling that swept over me as I caught sight of the two parted design. Minus the perspex wedge, there's this dangerous weaponry undertone that resembles the glorious stalactites of those rad caves you see on National Geographic. Reading her blog gives her a further edge because I seriously crush over anyone that documents their journey, especially grad students. The tales are hilarious, informative and jealousy inducing."

Although the bit about the upper representing sustainability etc is not quite right (and made me realise I need to communicate this better) it's really great to know that people are loving the shoes and so makes it all worth it.

Thanks everyone for such great support!

Featured on Coroflot members gallery & Core77 Magazine!

So what a nightmare of a day. We were to submit our shoes for the exhibition today and after leaving with 1.5 hours before the deadline I managed to arrive 30mins late courtesy of someone pulling the emergency stop cord on the southbound victoria line, and a bunch of police ticket checking in the angel area. A 20minute 5 stop tube ride took me 2 hours of utter frustration. Needless to say I arrived somewhat flustered and luckily the tutors were understanding. A bit of good news to brighten my day though is that after uploading my portfolio to Coroflot website yesterday I'm now in the featured gallery..which means I'm also featured on Core77 Industrial design magazine website. Very excited and so nice to have people giving me such lovely feedback.