Pensole Footwear Design Academy
How Fashion Can Close Its Skills Gap
Companies are increasingly finding that the best way to sidestep deficits in knowledge and experience among recent college graduates and veteran employees is to play a more active role in the education process.
BoF 500 Innovators — Dr. D’Wayne Edwards
After an expansive 30-year career as a footwear designer for Nike, Skechers and Jordan Brand, Edwards reopened the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design — a design-focused HBCU in Detroit — with the goal of training and inspiring the next generation of footwear designers.
BoF 500 Innovators — Dr. D’Wayne Edwards
After an expansive 30-year career as a footwear designer for Nike, Skechers and Jordan Brand, Edwards reopened the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design — a design-focused HBCU in Detroit — with the goal of training and inspiring the next generation of footwear designers.
