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Title: Out of the Box Condition: New Subtitle: The Rise of Sneaker Culture Author: Elizabeth Semmelhack Contributor: Bobbito Garcia (Introduction by), Pauline Willis (Foreword by), Tinker Hatfield (Contributions by), Emanuele Lepri (Foreword by) Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0847846601 EAN: 9780847846603 ISBN: 9780847846603 Publisher: Skira Rizzoli Genre: Arts & Photography Topic: Fashion & Design, Society & Culture Release Date: 07/07/2015 Description: Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture showcases breakthrough sneaker's from the mid-nineteenth century for sports performance to present day cultural icon. Drawn from collections including Adidas, Nike, Reebok, PUMA, and Converse archives, as well as private collectors such as those of hip-hop legend Run DMC, sneaker guru Bobbito Garcia, and Dee Wells of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder. This selection is richly contextualized with interviews and essays by design innovators, sneaker collectors, and cultural historians, creating a backdrop of the technical innovation, fashion trends, social history, and marketing campaigns that shaped the form over the past two centuries. Out of the Box includes iconic sneakers ranging from an 1860 spiked running shoe, the replica track shoes worn by Olympian Jesse Owens in Converse in 1936, the Air Jordan series, and the original Air Force 1 and early Adidas Superstars to contemporary examples designed by such prominent figures as Damien Hirst, Christian Louboutin, and Kanye West, making this the definitive illustrated history of sneaker culture Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 305mm Item Length: 261mm Item Width: 25mm Item Weight: 1826g Release Year: 2015
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