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About us
We make great footwear, not just great sketches. Successfully bringing footwear to market requires more than good design. From costing to commercialization, The Directive Collective knows how to make shoes. We offer a product-led design approach that ensures design intent is preserved from sketch to sample to production. Product development and engineering are considered in every design project so that footwear concept fit, functions and perform. Because nobody knows running like a runner. Running is not only what we know, it’s what we live. With over 28,000Km personally logged by Founder and Principal Richard Kuchinsky we proudly specialize in performance running. We believe Runners make better running shoe designers. Start-ups welcome. A footwear start-up needs everything. The Directive Collective specializes in an integrated, strategic process from brand to design brief to development to production. We help bring your vision to market as efficiently and effectively as possible leveraging over 20+ years of footwear industry experience and know-how.
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http://www.directivecollective.com
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- Industry
- Retail Apparel and Fashion
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2007
- Specialties
- footwear design, graphic design, marketing, strategy, product design, branding, shoe design, shoe development, branding, illustration, and fashion design
Locations
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125 Heath St W
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Employees at The Directive Collective
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Happy Thursday, LinkedIn followers and all ! 🚀 Exciting news from the MOVV team—we've just launched our new podcast, where we’ll be sharing insights on running, the latest trends in the market, and valuable tips for both beginner and experienced runners looking to stay injury-free. In our debut episode, we’re thrilled to feature Richard Kuchinsky, an industry expert with deep knowledge of footwear and the running market. Richard’s insights will provide valuable takeaways for anyone looking to understand the evolving world of running gear and trends. As a special bonus, we've also released a MOVV pilot episode for listeners to get a sneak peek at what’s coming up. We hope you’ll join us on this exciting journey as we explore the world of running together in our MOVV-ment. Catch the first episode and stay tuned for more! 🎧🏃♂️💨 Spotify link https://lnkd.in/gd5Yf4vG The Directive Collective MOVV
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The Directive Collective reposted this
17 Years of The Directive Collective is a lot of mistakes. While there's many things I am proud of in 17 years of running my own footwear design consultancy (projects, products, clients and awards), my greatest sense of accomplishment is the accumulation of failures. To me, every failure is an opportunity to learn. My name is Richard Kuchinsky and I am The Directive Collective. Here’s what I’ve learnt. https://lnkd.in/grmmiuqp #design #footwear #footweardesign #footweardesigner
17 Years of Mistakes — The Directive Collective
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