Paris-based shoe label PHILEO, founded by Philéo Landowski, brings an architectural perspective to footwear design.
Driven by craftsmanship, PHILEO’s creations are inspired by structural design and artistic form, blending footwear archetypes with fresh, innovative shapes. This vision extends into multidisciplinary projects, as the brand is used as a vehicle for artistic endeavours, such as the monumental installation by Tadashi Kawamata for PHILEO at Dover Street Market Paris in September 2024.
Social responsibility (RSE) is central to Landowski’s vision, driving him to develop products that emphasize responsible material use, minimized production circuits, and an ethical sourcing and supply chain management approach. With experience across various brands, Landowski integrates external collaborations into PHILEO’s DNA, partnering with names like Salomon, Adidas, Rokh, and Comme des Garçons.
PHILEO – Footwear as architecture, design as persistence.
Founded in Paris in 2019 by designer Philéo Landowski, PHILEO presents an architectured vision of footwear where movement becomes design and engineering transforms into emotion. Drawing inspiration from the mystique of machinery and the spirit hidden in motion, the brand explores the tension between the mechanical and the transcendent.
Rooted in the concept of “Persistence of Vision”, the illusion that motion endures beyond its source, PHILEO designs evoke the afterimage of movement: forms that feel at once timeless and immediate, functional yet poetic.
Guided by Landowski’s self-taught approach and early experiences at Céline and as Artistic Consultant for Salomon Sportstyle, PHILEO merges technical precision with spiritual resonance.
Recognized internationally, Landowski received the Grand Prix de la Création de la Ville de Paris (2024) and was named ANDAM Fashion Award Finalist (2025).
Available at Dover Street Market and select global retailers, PHILEO stands as a dialogue between architecture, perception, and motion.
