Out of the Box - by Elizabeth Semmelhack (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Published on the occasion of the traveling version of the exhibition, Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture, co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Bata Shoe Museum"--Page 254.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A groundbreaking traveling exhibition, <i> Out of the Box </i>showcases sneakers, from the mid-nineteenth century to sports performance breakthroughs, to present-day cultural icons. Drawn from the collection of the 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 by design innovators, sneaker collectors, and cultural historians, creating a backdrop of the technical innovation, fashion trends, social history, and marketing campaigns that shaped the form over the past two centuries. <br><i>Out of the Box</i> includes sneakers ranging from an 1860 spiked running shoe, a pair of 1936 track shoes, Air Jordans I-XX3, the original Air Force 1, and early Adidas Superstars to contemporary sneakers by prominent figures including Damien Hirst, Jeremy Scott, Jeff Staple, and Kanye West. The book also highlights sneakers and prototype drawings that span the career of Nike sneaker design legend Tinker Hatfield, making this the definitive illustrated history of sneaker culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A web of historical and cultural connections, <i>Out of the Box</i> draws people from all corners of the creative industry<i> . . . </i>[It] is a <b>complex, incisive account</b> of the sneaker's reinvention over two centuries of technology, marketing, fashion and social trends.<br>-<i>ISSUE MAGAZINE</i> <p/>For those devotees . . . 'Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture' will be something akin to a holy text. The book tracks the rise of sneakers from athletic necessity to icon of American casual wear, and features interviews with designers, curators, and collectors, plus <b>hundreds of photos</b> of the <b>most grail-status kicks</b> of all time.<br>-<i>REFINERY29.COM<br></i><br>[<i>Out of the Box</i>] is <b>thoughtful, highly educational</b>, and covers many bases from<b> interviews with prominent design innnovators</b> to the marketing campaigns that came to define modern day sneaker culture. <br><i>-HYPEBEAST.COM</i><br><i> </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Acclaimed shoe historian <b>Elizabeth Semmelhack</b> is senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto. <b>Bobbito Garcia</b> is the leading authority on sneaker culture. <b>Ada Hopkins</b> is a conservator at the Bata Shoe Museum. <b>Dee Wells</b> is the creator of Obsessive Sneaker Disorder. <b>Tinker Hatfield</b> is a Nike designer. <b>Eric Avar</b> is Nike's creative director. <b>Cey Adams</b> was the founding creative director of Def Jam Records. <b>Darryl McDaniels</b> is a member of the hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. <b>Walt Frazier </b>is a former professional basketball player. <b>Adam Horovitz</b> is a member of the hip-hop group the Beastie Boys. <b>Christian Louboutin</b> is a footwear designer.
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