ICONS “Something’s Off” retraces the co-lab between Virgil Abloh and Nike
With unedited pics, the book reveals the creative process that led Virgil Abloh to redesign 50 Nike sneakers
Renamed by the well-known sneaker blog Highsnobiety, 'The Sneaker as (Hyper) Object', the ICONS book 'Something's Off' published by Taschen was born from the collaboration between Nike and Virgil Abloh.
A catalog of images that traces the creative liaison between the Off-White designer (and Creative Director of Louis Vuitton for men) with the sportswear Company: a look behind the scenes that puts on paper the inspirations and ideas that animate every successful capsule collection.
Readers will be able to discover the origins of each prototype through documents collected for design projects and the chance of looking at unpublished images of some of the models 'much of the collected material here cannot be found online' - said Virgil Abloh - 'this book contains my creative process. That’s its real beauty'. You’ll discover the Swooshes cut away from the Air Jordans and reapplied with thread tape, the iconic Abloh quotes applied to the Nike Air Force 1s or the Converse All Stars cut into several pieces: many experiments and re-editions to create that iconic parterre of 50 pairs of shoes shaped by the creator for Nike.
A dynamic and unedited retrospective dedicated to all sneakers lovers to immediately put on the wishlist, buy and browse, to show in the living room alongside other streetwear fashion memorabilia.
