20/10/2026
REFERENC ISSUE TWO
“Ways of Seeing”
Looking is never neutral. What we see is shaped by what we already know and believe. This publication explores how what we see is reproduced. How It shapes it into something that wasn’t there before.
At REFERENC, shoes are where that search ends, not where it starts. We call it a creator’s journey.
Through our own stories and those of the people who inspire us, we invite you to look further. At art, music, film, design, food, at people and places you have yet to discover.
REFERENC ISSUE TWO launches tomorrow. Get a copy with every online purchase or request one through our service team.
Publisher
REFERENC - .official
Ferenc van der Vlies -
Patrick van der Woude -
Hugo Castermans -
Photography:
Stefan Armbruster -
Joël de Haan -
Gino Gurrieri -
Georg Mew Jensen -
Albina Neshemedinova -
Laurent Stevens -
Editor-in-Chief
Jan-Willem Wesselingh -
Foreword
Gert Jonkers -
Special thanks to our contributors
Benjamin Ankomah -
Winston Bergwijn -
Johann Alexis von Haehling - .alexis.von.haehling
Robbert de Jong
Gert Jonkers -
Daan Klaver -
Steven van Lu**el -
Lucas Junior Smith -
Graphic Design
Maxime van Strijland -
Print
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