Artist customising footwear live inside Axel Arigato

Project archive · Product customisation

Axel
Arigato

Location
UAE

Format
Artist-led personalisation

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What happened

One model,
many individual expressions.

The Axel Arigato activation invited artist George Rollo to treat each shoe as an individual work, creating a direct bridge between studio practice, product and customer.

Gallery Dod coordinated the artist-led format so the live process, product handling and finished pieces all worked together as one clear in-store experience.

ClientAxel Arigato
ArtistGeorge Rollo
FormatLive footwear customisation
OutputOne-off artist finishes

How Gallery Dod delivered it

The format stayed clear.
The outcomes stayed individual.

A repeatable activation still needs space for genuine variation. The artist worked within an agreed visual and material framework, then responded to each product as a new composition.

The result was a live experience with a coherent identity and a collection of finished pieces that remained unmistakably one of one.

Gallery Dod’s role

  1. 01Artist engagement
  2. 02Creative framework
  3. 03Material preparation
  4. 04Product handling
  5. 05Live activation support
  6. 06Finished-piece coordination
A finished pair of artist-customised Axel Arigato shoes

Axel Arigato · Artist customisation

Made in public.
Finished as one of one.

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