Contemporary Sneaker Design

In recent years the sneaker scene has exploded with limited editions and artist/designer collaborations. These specialist shoes are invariably produced as short runs, using innovative or luxury materials and often have bespoke packaging.

Art & Sole 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 shop.

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 sneakerculture and the worlds of art and design.

Laurence King Publishing
ISBN – 978 1 85669 565 7
With 500 colour illustrations
240 pages, 270 x 195 mm
Paperback September 2008