Full Name
D'Wayne Edwards
Job Title
Founder
Company
Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design
Speaker Bio
Dr. D’Wayne Edwards
Founder
PENSOLE Academy
A career that spans over 3-decades, D’Wayne Edwards has over 50 patents, and designed more than 500 styles for premier athletes such as Derek Jeter, Carmelo Anthony and Michael Jordan. He has received numerous awards from Red Dot, Mercedes Benz Fashion, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, President Obama Volunteer of Service Award, has taught and lectured at ArtCenter, Parsons, MIT and Harvard.
In 2010 Edwards founded the first academy in the U.S. dedicated to footwear design, called PENSOLE. PENSOLE has quickly become the preeminent footwear design school in the world with over 500 former students now working at the industries top brands.
Founder
PENSOLE Academy
A career that spans over 3-decades, D’Wayne Edwards has over 50 patents, and designed more than 500 styles for premier athletes such as Derek Jeter, Carmelo Anthony and Michael Jordan. He has received numerous awards from Red Dot, Mercedes Benz Fashion, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, President Obama Volunteer of Service Award, has taught and lectured at ArtCenter, Parsons, MIT and Harvard.
In 2010 Edwards founded the first academy in the U.S. dedicated to footwear design, called PENSOLE. PENSOLE has quickly become the preeminent footwear design school in the world with over 500 former students now working at the industries top brands.
Twitter Handle
@pensolelewis
Instagram
@pensolelewis
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