Vans has brought the Custom Culture Competition to Asia for the first time ever this year. With a well-established reputation for individualism and self-expression, the Vans brand spirit is perfectly embodied through this competition. Working with the goal of rallying Asia’s creative community and providing a new platform to help showcase the region’s burgeoning creators, the contest invites everyone to flaunt their creativity for a chance to see their design make its way onto a pair of these iconic canvas shoes.
今年，Vans 首次将 Custom Culture 鞋履设计比赛带到亚洲。这一比赛充分体现了Vans 一向推崇个性化和自我表现的品牌精神，致力凝聚亚洲创意社区，为新兴艺术家提供一个新的创意平台。比赛邀请一众亚洲艺术家，尽情发挥他们的设计创意, 获奖者的设计将会被用于设计该品牌的全新帆布鞋产品。
For the competition, Vans has invited various respected artists from around Asia as both mentors and judges. Mentors will help the selected finalists to flesh out and complete their final design. These mentors include Chinese visual artist Lin Wenxin, South Korean illustrator Original Punk, Hong Kong-based woodworking atelier Start from Zero, Singapore-based husband-and-wife creative duo Sabotage, self-taught Malaysian street artist Fritilldea, and India-based street artist duo Varsha Nair. Judges include renowned San Francisco-based illustrator Jay Howell, Nini Sum of the Shanghai-based artist duo IdleBeats, plus many more.
在今年比赛中, Vans邀请了亚洲各地备受推崇的艺术家作为导师和评委。导师将帮助决赛选手改善其设计作品。这些导师包括来自重庆的视觉艺术家林文心, 韩国插画家Original Punk, 香港木艺画室Start from Zero, 新加坡夫妻组合艺术家Sabotage, 自学成才的马来西亚街头艺术家Fritilldea和印度街头艺术家组合Varsha Nair。评委则包括来自旧金山的著名插画家Jay Howell，来自上海 IdleBeats的Nini Sum等等。
Now, the six talented finalists from China, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and India have all finished their designs alongside their respective mentors. The final round will decide who will win a trip to House of Vans London and have their creation debuted in stores Asia-wide next year! See the final entries below and vote for your favorites by clicking here.
现在，六位来自中国、韩国、香港、马来西亚、新加坡和印度才华横溢的设计师分别在各自导师的帮助下完成了最后的鞋履设计。最后一轮比赛的结果将会决定谁最终能赢得前往参加House of Vans伦敦站的机会，获胜的设计还将在明年亮相亚洲地区的Vans门店公开发售！下面是所有最终入围的决赛作品，来看看哪一款是你的最爱，点击此处，为它投上一票。
Felix / China
“The initial idea of this design is to make it appealing to a large audience while also bringing the Vans spirit alive. The reason I used this color combination is because I wanted to design a pair of summer shoes. It’s mainly green, dotted by red, with a little watermelon feeling.”
Felix / 中国
“这款设计的最初想法是让它既能吸引主流大众，同时也能诠释出Vans的品牌精神。之所以用这种颜色组合，原因是我想要设计一款夏季穿的鞋子。主色调是绿色，加上红色的点缀，有一种西瓜的感觉。”
Kim Young Hyun / Korea
“My design is inspired by comics. It’s a bit different from what people see in popular comics. This idea I came up with can be easily executed on a pair of Authentic shoes. I wanted to make a scary character in a witty situation, in order to maximize the humorous atmosphere.”
Kim Young Hyun / 韩国
“我的设计灵感来自漫画，风格跟一般流行的漫画有点不同。我所想出来的创意很适合用在Authentic系列的鞋子上。我想要创作出一个恐怖的角色，把它放在诙谐的情景中，最大限度地突显出一种幽默的气氛。”
Taka / Hong Kong
“First things first, it’s got to be something I would wear. I like to wear simple colored shoes for ease of outfit matching. I wanted to create something for everyday use, yet as an artist, it has to be a recognizable shoe that was designed by me.”
Taka / 香港
“首先，我的设计必须是我自己会想穿的鞋子。我喜欢穿色彩单调的鞋子，这样容易搭配服装；我想创造一款适合日常穿着的鞋子，但作为一个艺术家，我也希望它能成为一款独特的鞋子，让人一看就知道是我的设计。”
Khiddir Baharudin / Malaysia
“My design was inspired by how Vans has influenced the people in different parts of Asia. The design portrays different cultures in Asia, with people from Malaysia, Singapore, China, India, and Korea, focusing on traditional outfits, transportation, and architectures from the ’60s and ’70s.”
Khiddir Baharudin / 马来西亚
“我的设计灵感来自Vans在亚洲不同地区的影响。这款鞋子展示了亚洲不同的文化，有来自马来西亚、新加坡、中国、印度和韩国的人们，不同的传统服装、交通景观、60年代及70年代的建筑。”
Edmund Seah / Singapore
“As an artist, I paint on various platforms, bringing the style and flow of the Japanese craft onto different media apart from the skin. I do not merely want to create a pretty image without flow and form.”
Edmund Seah / 新加坡
“作为一个艺术家，我会在不同的平台上绘画，将日本手工技艺的风格和韵律展示在不同的媒介上，包括肌肤。我不想要徒有美丽外表，而没有韵律和形式的画。”
Anaghaa Chakrapani / India
“My inspiration for the shoe comes from the local essence of places I’ve traveled. I’ve traveled to many major cities in Asia. The elements in my shoe are inspired by the things I’ve observed and loved in the Asian region and my motherland India.”
Anaghaa Chakrapani / 印度
“这款鞋子的灵感来自我旅游时所去过的那些地方的文化精髓。我去过亚洲的各大城市，我设计这款鞋子的灵感就来自我在亚洲，包括在我的祖国印度，所观察到的一切，以及我所热爱的事物。”
