Book

Out of the box : the rise of sneaker culture / American Federation of Arts, in partnership with Bata Shoe Museum and Skira Rizzoli ; [editor, Jessica Fuller].

New York : Skira Rizzoli : American Federation of Arts, 2015.

©2015

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.

"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"--Publisher's description.

Sneakers

Sneakers -- History

Sneakers -- Social aspects.

Sneakers

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogues.

Exhibition catalogs

History

Exhibition catalogs.

Fuller, Jessica, editor.

Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, sponsoring body.

American Federation of Arts, sponsoring body.

Rise of sneaker culture

"Published on the occasion of the traveling version of the exhibition, Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture, co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum"--Page 254.

Contributors include: Jeremy Scott, Hiroki Nakamura, Dan Rookwood, James Bond, Marc Eckō, Cey Adams, Stan Smith, Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Adam Horovitz, D'Wayne Edwards, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Mister Cartoon, Paul Litchfield, Eugene Tong, Jeff Staple, Tom Sachs, Christian Louboutin, Sophia Chang.

Includes bibliographical references.

Forewords / Emanuele Lepri, Pauline Willis -- Introduction / Bobbito Garcia -- Out of the box: the rise of sneaker culture / Elizabeth Semmelhack -- Checklist of the exhibition: The rise of sneaker culture 1830-2015 / Elizabeth Semmelhack -- Interviews / Dee Wells with Tinker Hatfield & Eric Avar -- Kicks on ice: saving your sneakers / Ada Hopkins.

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