Art & Soul is the first book to focus exclusively on contemporary, cutting-edge sneaker design. It sets out to explore and to celebrate the creative side of sneaker culture, showing the best and most original rarities/collaborations and previewing the latest art and design. These are the shoes at the sharp end of sneaker culture—not shoes that can be found in your average sports store.
The book also highlights how creative advances on-the-scene have been furthered by a growing number of artists who base their work on sneakers—from sculptures made from dissected shoes, to oil paintings on canvas, and even the customization of the shoes themselves. There is now a huge crossover between sneaker culture and the worlds of art and design.
A fixed-gear bike is a thoroughbred racing machine, the cycle messenger’s workhorse and, for many street riders, an aesthetic choice. Each bike is a statement of individuality that stands out from the hundreds of grey hybrids lined up at the traffic lights. A global fixed-gear culture has come into being.
FIXED is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. It joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on our city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders whom the bike has inspired.
It tells the story of why these bikes are special through interview, image and archive – exploring the form, function, style and culture at the heart of the obsession.
Amongst other amazing books, this piece of interesting lecture is available at our Book Dept.!
With an elegant style and a slightly Dickensian romantic edge, Officine Creative produce contemporary footwear and accessories with an antique charm and a lived-in look. Their well loved and intentionally worn looking aspects are often evoked through the brands use of organic materials which, when paired with the latest production techniques, create an air that seems as if the past and future meet halfway.
One Day Without Shoes is the day we raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child’s life by going without shoes.
WHY?
Millions of children live without shoes. Many are exposed to injury and disease each day, and are not allowed to go to school without shoes.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Just take ‘em off, and when people ask why, tell them. Register at OneDayWithoutShoes.com to get updates. Spreading awareness is easy, and changes lives!
WHAT DOES YOUR DO?
Everyone of our staff will walk and work bare feet the entire day, to promote the TOMS initiative! But that’s not all, YOU can be a part of this day at YOUR! Come to our store bare feet, buy a pair of TOMS and get the second pair at half price! Every pair of TOMS you buy the company will match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need.
It’s finally happening! The worldwide event “One Day Without Shoes” (www.onedaywithoutshoes.com) will take place across the whole world! Nearest official location is Amsterdam! On the 10th of April we’re all going on bare feet, so children don’t have to! Because we love TOMS’ initiative, we encourage you to be a part of this day! And because not everyone is going to go to Amsterdam for this, we are organizing our own special “One Day Without Shoes”!!!!
Everyone of our staff will walk and work bare feet the entire day, to promote the TOMS initiative! But that’s not all, YOU can be a part of this day at YOUR! Come to our store bare feet, buy a pair of TOMS and get the second pair at half price! Every pair of TOMS you buy the company will match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need.
Why? Millions of children live without proper footwear, exposing them to injury and disease every day.
