shoe geeks

those who know me know that i love shoes. what a coincidence that my alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, is, to my knowledge, the first university to create a class dedicated to shoes.

Sneakerology 101: http://www.hypebeast.com/2008/03/carnegie-mellon-university-sneakerology-101

Although the symbolic educational term 101 has been thrown around liberally in sneaker circles, Pittsburgh Pensylvania's Carnegie Mellon University has legitimized the term with its official sneaker based class, Sneakerology 101. Yes that's right, a university level course dealing with sneaker culture on the whole. ... Evaluations include a mid-term project pertaining to the design of a sneaker, incorporating elements acquired along the way. Interested parties can sign up for the class' next session set for Spring of 2009.

- hypebeast, 03.12.08

while this is rather interesting, i do admit that it is a little weak. in fact, this pretty much strips out everything that is intriguing about shoe culture and makes it un-urban and un-cultured, not to mention geeky. but then again, it is Carnegie Mellon. I should expect nothing less.


image of sneakerology 101 taken from hypebeast.com