‘Icons’ by Virgil Abloh and Nike celebrates the design history of ‘The Ten’
‘Icons’ by Virgil Abloh and Nike celebrates the design history of ‘The Ten’
As rumours swirl around the release of ‘The 20’, Virgil Abloh and Nike release the Taschen-published tome ‘Icons’, which charts the making of the creative polymath and American sportswear giant’s sneaker collaboration ‘The 10’
‘Icons’, by Virgil Abloh and Nike. Published by Taschen
Virgil Abloh is famed for his harnessing of digital culture, designing via WhatsApp, creating dialogues through social media, and using the online world as a tool for democratising fashion and the elite luxury landscape. But for the the multi-hyphenate creative’s latest project, a compendium charting the design history of ‘The Ten’, his famed 2016-born trainer collaboration with Nike, he looked to the power of the printed page.