A paving traveling exhibition, out of the Box, shows sneakers, from the middle of the nineteenth century to the breakthrough of sports performance, to today's cultural icons.
Drawn from the collection of BATA Shoe Museum and significant private collectors, museums and archives - including adidas AG, Converse Archives, Kosow Sneaker Museum, Nike Archives, Northampton Museums and Art Gallery and Reebok Archives - this selection is richly contextualized with interviews and essays of designinnovators, sneakers and cultural historians who create a background for technical innovation, fashion trends, social history and marketing campaigns that have shaped the form through the last two centuries.
Out of the Box Includes sneakers Right from a running shoe with spikes from 1860, a pair of running shoes from 1936, Air Jordans I-XX3, the original Air Force 1 and early adidas superstars to modern sneakers by prominent people including Damien Hirst, Jeremy Scott, Jeff Staple and Kanye West. The book also highlights sneakers And prototype drawings that span Nike sneaker design legend Tinker Hatfield's career, making this the definitive illustrated story of the sneaker culture.
