History
Everything starts with Antonio Fluxa in 1877. Full of inspiration after expanding his shoemaking know-how and skills in England, he sets up a workshop in Inca, Mallorca, which evolves into a family business. The rest is history.
A Family Business
Antonio gathers craftspeople who also want to move with the times. Inspired by their Mediterranean home, they handcraft original shoes using the finest materials and the latest machinery. Tradition and craft with a human approach. Antonio’s son, Lorenzo, inherits his father’s enthusiasm for shoes, followed by his son, Lorenzo, who creates Camper in 1975, and his son, Miguel, in 2012. To this day, Camper is a family business.
Putting Mallorca on the map
In 1903, Antonio sets up a small workshop in Inca and later mechanizes the process “to produce Goodyear welt quality shoes,” recalls Lorenzo. “My father expanded the production and converted the workshop into one of the best shoe factories in Spain for high-quality traditional shoes.” The Fluxa family business grows, helping to kick-start Mallorca’s shoemaking industry and establish the island as a region renowned throughout Europe for quality footwear production.
1975, Camper is born
“In 1975, Spain recovered democracy after forty years, and in its wake came a storm of enthusiasm, freedom, and projects,” says Lorenzo, who officially founds Camper. “Casual footwear was unheard of in 1970s Spain, let alone unisex! We wanted to break with traditional typologies. That’s what we have been doing ever since—never perfect, but always a little better.”
Our Name and Logo
Lorenzo commissions a survey to choose a name for his new company. “Groovy” wins, with “Ranger” in second place, then “Camper”. He goes with the third, which means “peasant” in Mallorquín. Mediterranean, authentic, simple. Now the logo: the first designed by Alfonso Martí evolves into the instantly recognizable red and white Camper bridge by Carlos Rolando in 1981.
Our Mission: Walking with Purpose
‘Walk, Don’t Run’ starts as a 2001 campaign for The Walking Society and becomes our slogan, embodying the values of our slow Mediterranean lifestyle. The verb “to walk” has many meanings, all important to our philosophy. With our feet on the ground, we are always moving, progressing, improving, evolving, innovating. We want to create a playful and responsible walking experience that makes people smile.