Material Is Your Business

039 – Vince Lebon of Rollie Nation – Designing a Playful Community

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Making perfect travel shoes that are incredibly light and ridiculously comfortable… Vince Lebon, Founder of Rollie Nation (the shoe lifestyle brand for the young at heart), joins Stephanie Benedetto and Samanta Cortes in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser.In this episode: Meeting Stephanie on a sustainability panel Rollie Nation, a footwear brand started around 5 years ago in Australia, lightweight, extreme risk with color and prints A community that wants to express themselves through footwear, just living and enjoying life Lace Up, a reality TV show, designing sneakers for celebrities Wanting to take a design sabbatical, working with the ex creative director of Jordan brand and first materials designer at Nike The power of persistence in getting in, how he thought the show is docudrama and it became real reality show, not a great environment to create The amount and level of work one can create was amazing Growing up playing basketball in Australia, getting a job in afootwear company as