Jeff Staple: Not Just Sneakers

Jeff Staple, a streetwear collaborator and sneaker legend, is known worldwide for his work with the largest brands, including Nike and Hypebeast. This monography documents over the past twenty -five years of Staples most iconic work.

In 1997, Jeff Staple went into a New York City store wearing a shirt he printed in his silk printing class at Parsons School of Design. What started as a small, handmade t-shirt line grew organically and began to get a serious supporters in New York. In the process of building this budding brand, Staple was asked by Nike in 2005 to create a special memorial sneaker to represent New York. Staple Pigeon Dunk SB was devised and led to great fanfare at the time of release. The exposed staple - as well as sneaker culture - for a mass audience. In Staple's words is to understand to see and to see is to have clarity in the mind. This clarity has helped develop his iconic Pigeon logo (and brand) into a global force that has adorned the heels of almost every major footwear brands imaginable.

This book offers readers a history lesson in his huge contribution to the streetwear and the sneaker industry, while also uncovering the design context of a number of Staples' most crucial projects. A beautiful visual reference, this book invites the reader to travel down into an intricate maze of streetwear history told through an insider point of view. Archive sketches, drawings, magazine covers and contributions from Hiroshi Fujiwara and Futura make this an indispensable binding of lovers of streetwear and design.