Bootmaker · San Francisco, CA

Frank Beneduci

Frank Beneduci is an American bootmaker in San Francisco and the founder of Beneduci Shoe Design & Instruction. Recorded in his workshop, this episode runs from growing up in Brockton, Massachusetts — once the shoemaking capital of America — to leaving advertising for the family trade, what makes a truly good shoe, and how automation and CAD could shape American shoemaking.

Beneduci Shoe Design & Instruction · 1 episode of The Trades Show

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REVIVING AMERICAN SHOEMAKING: Bootmaker Frank Beneduci on What Makes a Good Shoe and Technology's Role in Manufacturing
Episode 6 · Season 1

REVIVING AMERICAN SHOEMAKING: Bootmaker Frank Beneduci on What Makes a Good Shoe and Technology's Role in Manufacturing

September 4, 2025 · 39 min

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Frank Beneduci is also on The Corral, the national jobs board for artisans and the shops that hire them.

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