Pensole Academy founder D’Wayne Edwards on Wednesday said he wants to raise as much as $7.5 million to expand the Portland shoe design school and build a lasting financial foundation.

This is one of the challenges in an event that our hosts at the Pensole Footwear Design Academy have dubbed the Kicks Combine — a series of footwear design and construction challenges whose aim ...

Victoria Adesanmi explains her footwear design concepts to a panel of judges during a 2014 presentation at Pensole Footwear Design Academy in Portland. (Marcus Yam) Expect some extra zip to ...

A pipeline of diverse footwear design talent has streamed through the Pensole Footwear Design Academy in Portland ever since founder and former Jordan Brand design director D’Wayne Edward’s ...

Pensole Academy and sustainable shoe brand Allbirds are joining forces for a project that will introduce up-and-coming designers to sustainable fashion. The two are partnering for the launch of a ...

Edwards is the founder of the PENSOLE Design Academy in Portland, Oregon, and is behind the draft proposal for state authorization to recognize Lewis College of Business as Michigan’s only HBCU.

D'Wayne Edwards created the Pensole Footwear Design Academy to try and diversify the sneaker business. Edwards was one of the first black designers in the business and created the academy ...

Pensole Footwear Design Academy and the Pacific Northwest College of Art have announced a partnership that could result in the first degree in sneaker design. Pensole Footwear Design Academy and ...

Aspiring footwear designers are about to have a new point of entry into the business: Pensole Footwear Design Academy and cocreation company Rooy have just secured $4 million to build a new ...

Allbirds and Pensole Design Academy have joined forces to help develop a new generation of inclusive, sustainability-minded designers. The two launched the Better Responsible Design program ...

The Pensole Footwear Design Academy and Foot Locker are set to release an exclusive collaboration with Asics as part of their latest sneaker design contest. Designed by Matt Franklin ...

The immersive curriculum was developed in partnership with PENSOLE™, a Portland-based footwear design academy, which provides students with the knowledge and experiences required to become ...