pupchen

PUPCHEN is an outburst from—and an invitation into—the unusual, decadent, uncompromising universe of young Tunisian designer and architect, Duha Bukadi. Pupchen is her aesthetic revenge on the world of resigned adults, tedious routines, and flat personalities.
As an architect, Duha always loved navigating the mix of structure, utility, and aesthetics in every building she designed.This is what she likes about building shoes, too: the savoir faire (structure), the comfort (utility), and the fantasy (aesthetics).
Tunis based Duha draws constant inspiration from her surroundings: her daughter’s toys, her vivid dreams, and the unexpected poetry of everyday life. She’s a storyteller, and shoes are her medium. Duha wants shoes to be playful, fun, and, at the same time, the height of chic.
Pupchen shoes are imagined and designed at pupchen offices in Tunisia. Then prototypes are made in Maison Massaro part of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art in Paris .Production is done at Nillab a well-known footwear manufacturing firm based in the Riviera del Brenta, Italy.