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Ten tech trainers: Apple, Android get a shoeing

We've tried designing shoes based on our favorite sites, services, and tech titans. How would a Google clog, Wikipedia welly, or MySpace moccasin look?

Adidas Zuckerstar

The shoe that started things off: Gerry Mckay's Facebook-themed Adidas Zuckerstar.

(Credit: Gerry Mckay)

Facebook and Twitter have their own trainers, thanks to a U.K. designer. Gerry Mckay decked out Adidas Superstar sneakers in the familiar blue and white of Facebook and the turquoise of Twitter, which got us thinking: what other technology giants deserve their own signature shoes?

We didn't quite make it to Hollywood making films of our favorite Web sites, so we've had a crack at designing shoes based on our favorite sites, services, and technology titans. What would a Google clog, Wikipedia welly, or MySpace moccasin look like? Which mobile users would be more stylishly shod: Android or Apple?

Click through our photo gallery to see the results of our elbow grease and shoe leather with our technology-tooled tailor-made trainers.

Read more of "Apple, Angry Birds and Android get a shoeing: Ten tech trainers" at Crave UK.

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