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CHRISTOPHER PAWLUS

FOOTWEAR DESIGN

CONSULTING 

DESIGN

INNOVATION

TREND

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MY STORY

Pawlus Design is a full service footwear design consulting firm in the Greater Boston area serving footwear and apparel companies of all sizes.  From B2B online brands, global wholesale / retailers to startups, my comprehensive range of design services and capabilities can make a difference in your enterprise.  

 

My integrated design services are intended to help product teams, leadership members and large companies augment their current design capabilities and bring a fresh perspective into their collection building and business expansion.

I bring professional executive level design advice to footwear and apparel collection design, new category conceptualization, special projects, technology platforms and specialized trend analysis tailored to meet your unique business and consumer requirements.

My dedication to driving storytelling and brand expression with consumer insight, data, and trend forecasting comes from working at global brands and designing product for over two decades.  I bring unique product experience working for globally recognized, premium, outdoor performance, modern ecological and luxury brands such as Timberland, Keen, and Lucchese.

Contact me to discuss to see how I can help you elevate design in your enterprise today. 

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PROFILE

Integrated Design Services

with an Industry 

Professional. 

Christopher Pawlus

Innovative, consumer-focused designer with a passion for unlocking newness and launching powerful product and brand expressions. 

 

Proven success in developing brand elevating products to inspire global consumers and generate commercial growth.

 

Passionate brand builder with strategic and creative skills managing creative teams with a collaborative eye toward the future.  

 

An empathic design approach that leverages deep consumer understanding while amplifying the core brand ethos and DNA.

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Design

Complete Footwear Design capabilities across a range of product types. 

Outdoor Performance

Casual and Work Boots

Active / Casual / Dress

Streetwear / Sneaker

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Trend

Macro Consumer Trend Research

Footwear / Apparel Industry trends.

Color / Materials

Style  

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Workshop

Leading design thinking sessions to help your team unlock new product ideas.  

 

A creative, strategic partner to form group discussions around new product / brand extensions, building new innovation platforms, and developing a forward looking product strategy.

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Innovate

Ideation and concept creation to fuel new business product initiatives & technologies. 

Coordination with your inline teams, we can help build a technology roadmap to bring technology performance and storytelling into your product  collections.

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Creative

Direction

Ideation and concept creation to fuel new business product initiatives & technologies. 

Coordination with your inline teams, we can help build a technology roadmap to bring technology performance and storytelling into your product  collections.

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Design

Management

Ideation and concept creation to fuel new business product initiatives & technologies. 

Coordination with your inline teams, we can help build a technology roadmap to bring technology performance and storytelling into your product  collections.

TAKE YOUR DESIGN TO HIGHER GROUND

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Design

Design

Complete Footwear Design capabilities across a range of product types. 

Outdoor Performance

 

Outdoor Performance

Casual and Work Boots

Active / Casual / Dress

Streetwear / Sneaker

Trend

Trend forecasting Advice and Market Research tailored for your business.

 

Macro Consumer Trend Research

Footwear / Apparel Industry trends.

Color / Materials

Style  

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Design

Complete Footwear Design capabilities across a range of product types. 

Outdoor Performance

 

 Seamless integration within your product creation team and development process to provide a nimble design service.

Trend

Trend forecasting Advice and Market Research tailored for your business.

 

Macro Consumer Trend research & footwear and industry trends.

Color / Materials / Style 

Workshop

Innovate

Pawlus Design can be your creative and innovative design partner to bring expertise where you need it most.

Four integrated design services to help individuals and large companies create footwear collections and technologies and brand product extension. Line building and product merchandising story creation with materials, color, and trend insight presentations.

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Footwear and Apparel design leadership experience 

CREATIVE DIRECTION

Orchestrated strong color direction strategies, seasonal trend insights, and materials innovation into the design process and collection build.

DESIGN STRATEGY

Oversaw design collaboration with BMW Los Angeles Designworks studio to unify brand design strategy for product and experience.

PRODUCT INNOVATION

Led the design team to focus toward technology platforms through the creation of aesthetic and functional guidelines. 

DESIGN MANAGEMENT

Global Management of footwear, apparel, as well as color and trend designers across multiple product categories. 

 

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I BELIEVE IN DESIGN IN ALL IT'S FORMS

Innovative, consumer-focused designer with a passion for unlocking newness and launching powerful product and brand expressions.  Proven success in developing brand elevating products to inspire global consumers and generate commercial growth.

 

Passionate brand builder with strategic and creative skills managing creative teams with a collaborative eye toward the future.   An empathic design approach that leverages deep consumer understanding while amplifying the core brand ethos and DNA.

We Are

MOVERS & SHAKERS

50 years of

COMBINED EXPERIENCE

We have the know-how you need.

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