I started the process doing research on Holzweiler's past, present, and future. Their most recent collection, AW24, resonated with me as it felt true to the brands identity. The collection takes the brand back to its norwegian roots, taking inspiration from nature and norwegian mountains. It also includes pieces taking inspiration from the moon, which carries a lot of symbolic meaning behind it.

I explored different directions for the design. It started as a high fashion winter boot inspired by older norwegian mountain boots. But I was intrigued by the moon inspiration in their AW24 collection, and doing more research about the moon I discovered the moon boots used on the Apollo missions. The Apollo moon boots had some great design cues I wanted to implement into a boot design.