International Footwear Design Competition 2025

Mission and Objective

The International Footwear Design Competition’s (IFDC) mission is to elevate the significance of shoe design in an ever-evolving industry. IFDC aim to inspire originality, advance design innovation and foster research and development to enhance product competitiveness. Through IFDC, we nurture emerging designers and craftsman’s and recognise the exceptional talents with awards to reinforce the bridge between innovation and industry

Organizer

『Confederation of International Footwear Association』(CIFA) is the organizer of this competition. CIFA is formed by the shoe industrial organizations from 17 countries/regions. Founded in 2013, CIFA has been endeavoring to promote the development of shoe manufacturing. Each year, the conference of CIFA is hold in different country of CIFA member association and has established an international platform for communications and development.

Exhibition & Publicity

The Organizer and Co-organizer will retain the right for printing, publishing the winning entries and other entries at its discretion.

Award

The Co-organizer, Top Repute Co. Ltd. will sponsor following Cash awards (in RMB) to the winners of Individual Group :
The Champion – RMB 3,000 / The 1st Runner-Up – RMB 2,000 / The 2nd Runner-Up – RMB 1,000

Captioned Grand Award

To be confirmed.

Assessment Criteria

Creativity 40% / Material Usage 20% / Appearance 20%/ Presentation Ability 20%