SNEAKER BOOK
 
REVIEWS Rebirth is a brand new pair of Nikes under your nose. Inhale deep sniff hell. There isn't a better feeling in the world than walking down the avenue in a new pair of kicks, feets blazing. Makes you a new man. This is a beautifully produced book out to explore and document the sneaker phenomenon; a slickly designed tribute for sneaker heads, by sneaker heads. As such, they focus on the desirable, rare and controversial shit. Hundreds of photographs and snippet interviews, vintage advertisements, and long pieces are randomly pulled together with a thick rotation of sneaker-inspired art. It's like a box stacked full of clippings everything sneaker, assembled into two page collages with accompanying text. You have to hunt through it and it's one of those books that you will never stop finding new stuff in. Spotlights on Jordans, Insta-Pumps, all Adidas, Vans, DC, Converse, Air Max, the infamous Air Allah, the underbelly of the collecting world, people's entire collections, gang sneakers, Japanese sneaker magazines, customizing, lacing, more and more. Once had a fetish for the smell straight the box. (reviewed by mgmnt) I stumbled across this book one night and what a very pleasent surprise it is!! Comprising of hard to find pictures of rare, deleted and collectable sneakers,lots of mini interviews with famous people who share the same passion; such as Sharleen from Texas, Mushroom from Massive Attack,Drum and Bass Legend 'Goldie'and many many more... An essential guide for any sneaker fanatic. If you like sneakers, Music and Design then you'll probably find this one of the coolest books you've ever seen. As you start to turn the first few pages you'll soon discover that the quality layout, images and content will not disapoint even the most diehard Sneaker fan. There's brief history, and interviews with sneaker designers and makers, and also the people who wear them. Interviewed are, boxer Prince Naziem, Jay Kay from Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog, Steven Tyler from Aerosmith, artist Jake and Dinos Chapman and many others from the world of Hip-Hop, Rock, Skate and Graff culture. There's a piece about Marty Mcfly's hi-tech Nike sneakers from Back To The Future 2 which was really nice to see, I've wanted a pair since the first time I saw the film. There's also a few pages about sneacker masturbation! All in all this book is an absolute pleasure not only to read but also to look at and is somthing you'll come back to again and again. One of the coolest books around, and your friends will love it too!
 
HARDCOVER: 240 pages PUBLISHED: (15 Oct 1998) Booth-Clibborn Editions LANGUAGE: English ISBN: 1861540078 BUY IT http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1861541678/026-7218123-0172461?v=glance&n=266239shapeimage_3_link_0
"Size isn't everything-IT WILL BE MAJOR." - Snoop Dog SYNOPSIS Sneakers:size isn't Everything offers a freeze frame of the social phenomenon of Sneaker Culture, including serious consideration of issues such as criminality, counterfeiting, exploitation, value for money, and fashion. With contributions from celebrities, musicians, athletes, teen idols, moguls, sneaker designers and enthusiasts from Kansas to Tokyo, Sneakers offers a freeze-frame storyboard of this social phenomenon. In the process of contacting all known sneaker freaks through the books website, parallels emerged between the internet and sneakers in terms of global communication, technology and obsessive behaviour. The result is a book structured as a website site, with nodes, networks, and key words for the reader to browse through a global conversation.
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