The Adidas Archive Book

After all the years of hard work it's finally here:
The Adidas Archive Book.
The adidas story is one of groundbreaking designs, epic moments
and conceiving the all-around sports shoe, worn by the likes of 
Lionel Messi, Run DMC, and Madonna. A mecca for sneaker fans, 
this book presents adidas’s history through more than 350 pairs of 
shoes from the “adidas Archive”, including one-of-a-kind originals, 
vintage models, never-before-seen prototypes, and designs from 
Stella McCartney, Yohji Yamamoto, Parley for the Oceans, and 
more.

The ABCs of Style

October has some real gems waiting for us! First the Contact High Project 
will finally release their beautiful book, I already pre-ordered, now Testify 
Books follows with The ABCs of Style, a Graffiti Alphabet!

Filled with 26 colorful marker drawings contributed by some of graffiti 
art's ultimate style masters, The ABCs of Style is part children's book, 
part adult art primer, tracking the evolution of graffiti letterforms. 
Each letter of the alphabet has been rendered by a different artist, with 
work from renowned writers Blade, Lee, Daze, Fuzz One, Haze, Jester, 
Doc, Ces, Cey, Trike, Part, Reas, Wane, SP, Keo, Queen Andrea and many 
others. 
Their styles range from early Bubble and Stick styles all the way to Wild 
style and beyond. But despite all these previously unseen original works, 
this book is not only for graffiti aficionados and art lovers. Both kids and 
parents can appreciate the book's rhythmic, happy verse that concludes 
with a gentle exhortation to rest. As appropriate on a coffee table as on 
a bunk bed, The ABCs of Style is truly art for everyone.

True Originals Book

In October 2013, Marlon Knispel from Berlin contacted Ernie Beckmannand asked him if 

he wanted to contribute to his planned adidas book "True Originals". 

The book should be a homage to the good times of adidas, in which the best adidas 

models (his opinion) from 1970 to 1993 would be presented. Since Marlon is of the 

opinion that he himself is not able to write texts, he asked Ernie if he could put his 

interviews and research results in a textual form and translate it to English. 

He was interested and we went to work. The result is a book that will be released next 

September. 

In order to be able to pay the printing, Marlon needed about € 3000, which we wanted to 

collect on kickstarter. 

The goal has already been reached, but feel free to contribute. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projec…/937238908/true-originals 

They are happy about any kind of support.... financially or by sharing the kickstarter page 

on your social media feeds...

Rivalry Love

Here is one of my pictures from the AOA top5 Vol. 2 book. 
The adidas Rivalry Hi has a special place in my collector's heart. 
It was the first adidas high top that sparked my interest as a teenager. 
Seeing my older sister's friends rocking the white and grey colourway, 
watching RUN DMC and what the band contributed to the evolution of 
style in the hip hop communities worldwide with their collection; 
all had a great influence on the way I perceived fashion and sneaker as 
a social code and status symbol. 
These are all the vintage Rivalrys that inspired me to my final shoe 
collaboration with adidas (in the front) plus a sample in the background 
with a different try on the snakeskin.

AOA Top 5 - Vol II

A big thank you @aoatop5 for this copy of AOA vol.II! 
I feel honoured to be featured in this as one of very few ladies. 
A lot of work went into this second volume and it really payed off. 
This is a great read, for anyone with a little nerdism in them. Well done guys!

The Encyclopedia of Air Jordans

The Encyclopedia of Air Jordans, which began as a Kickstarter project, 
is now getting a proper retail release.
The book was created by noted sneaker collector Jay Lawrence, who 
sought to document every single Air Jordan sneaker out there for the
volume. The hardcover book features over 500 pages of history, photos, 
price guides, and more on Air Jordans spanning the line's 30-year history. 
The book begins at the Air Jordan 1 and stops at the Air Jordan XX9, as 
the chapter of the latest MJ signature is still being written.
Villa has released The Encyclopedia of Air Jordans this month.
A restock is expected soon

Via

For lil Sneakerheads

The Air Jordan Counting Book by Jacinta Danielle Conza

More pictures after the jump!

Shirt Kings Book

I've Blogged ybout Dapper Dan and The Mighty Shirt Kings before. 
Now a book is finally realeasing soon! A definite must have for me 

Artist: Edwin PHADE Sacasa
Photography: Alain KET Mariduena
Language: Engelska
Pages: 144
Size: 21,5 x 28x 3 cm
Cover: Hard cover
Release date: 2013-04-15
ISBN: 978-91-85639-57-1

Jamaica, Queens, New York in the mid 1980s. Rappers and hip hop fans
came from all over the city to get their own customized T-shirt by The
Mighty Shirt Kings. The style traveled all over the world through record
covers and music videos, and the Shirt Kings designs soon became
synony- mous with Hip Hop and the culture of making something out of
 nothing. Shirt Kings – Pioneers of Hip Hop Fashion looks at the early
 days of urban fashion through the lens of the pioneering group of artists
known as the Shirt Kings. By adapting the graffiti skills from the trains
and spray cans to shirts and airbrush they created a new look for a new
generation.
Edwin PHADE Sacasa is a founding artist of the group and it is through
his archives that we are transported to the 1980s in NYC where the
fashion was loud, colorful, and filled with cartoon im- agery; but not just
any cartoon imagery for the cartoons where urbanized. Mickey Mouse
with a Fila suit, Casper the Friendly Ghost with gold teeth and Pink
Panther with gold chains. People from across the city made their way to
Jamaica, Queens to a small shopping mall known as the Coliseum where
you could easily bump into the biggest names in Hip Hop of the day.
From DJ Red Alert to LL Cool J to Big Daddy Kane to Mike Tyson
– they all had to have their Shirt Kings designs.
Shirt Kings – Pioneers of Hip Hop Fashion chronicles the art, the styles,
and the people who where loyal supporters of the Shirt Kings, and takes
us on a trip down memory lane to when cus- tomization and art reigned
supreme in New York City.

Rage is back

After 'Angry Black White Boy' in 2005, Adam Mansbach returns 
with his latest book 'Rage is Back'. 
This time it's not about Rap but Graffiti.Gary wrote an excellent 
post on the subect of fictional graffiti novels, for anyone 
intersted in some details or oppinions
 

New York graffiti artist Blake Lethem aka KEO did some 
illustrations for the book and is also selling prints (limited to 
25 prints per letter) of his work.

 More pictures after the jump  

Panel 2 Panel

Panel to Panel: Exploring Words & Pictures Volume 1 is a  272 page,
 full-color collection of interviews, essays, comics and articles which 

explore the industry and culture of comic books and graphic novels.

Here an outtake from the Bodé interview.

Sneaker Tokyo Vol. 4

Since April 24th the new Sneaker Tokyo book titled "addicted to adidas"
is out. 159 pages of adidas collectors from all over the world, interviews
and release news.

Art & Sole Nike Cortez iD Project

Back in 2008, Innercity Design released a sneaker-themed art book
entitled Art & Sole. The book evolved into a blog, which has in turn
given a spotlight to sneaker-inspired art and new collaborations with
the hottest designers and artists.
The whole thing comes full circle with the book’s mini format releasing
in conjunction with the Art & Sole x Nike Cortez iD Project, a quartet
of Try-On grey colorups that add a contrasting sockliner that coordinates
with each respective pair’s associated artwork.
The super-limited 40-pair-per-color run just finished up its four-day
staggered release on Tuesday, the contributing artists’ work will remain
on display at NIKEiD Studio Boxpark through April

LY Bookrelease @ Civilist

Gestern Abend war wieder heben und abflexen angesagt.





















Danke für den schönen Abend meine Damen!
All pictures © Julia Schoierer