Zita ATTALAI
1964, Budapest
designer
She graduated from the Hungarian Academy of applied Arts in 1987 with a specialisation in shoe design. Besides working as an industrial designer, she makes unique small sculptures, i.e. shoe sculptures. She explores the fine art contexts of shoe design as well as its meanings beyond function. She participates in product development projects in collaboration with the Ben-Ross & Barben shoe factory. Her name is linked to the “Szeged slippers reloaded” collection and she is the lead designer of the Heel Good brand, while she designed and implemented the My shoe memory shoe design and historical board game. She received the Noémi Ferenczy Award and The Artist of the Year recognition in 2019. She is the founder of the Ziale Design Studio and the president of the Cultural foundation for Textile Arts nonprofit organisation.
The red chaos
Product development and prototype implementation: Ben-Ross & Barben Tiszakeszi 2020
Photo: Tibor Mester
2020
red suede and patent leather, sheepskin lining, ready-made leather soles, vulcanised non-slip finish
