num_pages: 240
description: From a London and Paris-based team of sneaker enthusiasts, who are also graphic designers and moving-image makers, comes this stunning tribute to the shoe that has, become a global obsession. With contributions from celebrity musicians, athletes, teen idols, moguls, sneaker designers and enthusiasts from Kansas to Tokyo, Sneakers offers a freeze-frame storyboard of this social phenomenon, including issues such as criminality, exploitation, and fashion. To contact sneaker freaks worldwide, the authors surfed the net- and discovered parallel global communication, technology, and obsessive behavior. The resulting design is a book-as-internet-site. First time in paperback. A huge hardback 10,000 copies sold Extensive media coverage in national UK press and key UK and US style magazines Features celebrities from Prodigy to Jungle Brothers and Prince Naseem Covers all aspects of trainers from style to social phenomenon "Size isn't everything-IT WILL BE MAJOR."-Snoop Doggy Dog
language: English
title: The Sneaker Book
titlecomplete: The Sneaker Book
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Booth-Clibborn Editions