Aki Choklat

Bears--stocky, hairy gay men--have moved from the margins of gay culture to the mainstream. This volume presents Bear-centric work by 30 international illustrators, photographers, designers and artists from around the world, including Walter Van Beirendonck, Costello Tagliapietra, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Franko B. and Nayland Blake.

Aki Choklat explores the footwear design process, explaining the differences between the anatomy of the foot and the anatomy of a shoe, showing how one constrains the other, before moving onto the research and design development processes and the art of creating a complete collection.