Kicksology

Author: Brian Metzler
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 1948006081
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Kicksology is your all-access pass into the fascinating, colorful world of running shoesand what makes up a perfect pair of kicks. Sports journalist and veteran shoe tester Brian Metzler takes runners and kicksologists deep inside the $10 billion dollar running shoe industry with a behind-the-curtain look at what makes iconic running shoe brands tick. Kicksology follows a shoe from inspiration to store shelf to show how innovative ideas evolve into industry-wide trends and fads. Metzler tours shoe labs where scientists advance our understanding of shoes and running mechanics as well as the domestic and overseas shoe factories where the world’s favorite kicks are assembled. A dedicated shoe nerd and running junkie, Metzler shares his love of great shoes in this fascinating look at the intersections of shoe culture and history, science and storytelling, intel from the innovators with on-the-ground insight from top runners. Kicksology is filled with information as entertaining as it is surprising, tapping into the passion runners have for their kicks and feeding their curiosity about what makes a great shoe.

1000 Type Treatments

Author: Wilson Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610593113
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380

Book Description
Cette ouvrage recense 1000 créations typographiques: logos, brochures, sites web, ...etc de l'agence "Wilson Harvey".

Digital Fashion

Author:
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350359645
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
This collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion. While digital fashion's roots can be traced back to the development of the Jacquard loom, its modern-day antecedents are found in video games and Instagram filters - allowing users to apply virtual makeup, accessories, and clothes to their posts. With 12 essays and four specialist interviews, this collection begins with digital fashion's origins, its placement in the history of fashion, and its status as an aesthetic object. Part 2 focuses on the practice of making digital fashion, including NFTs, sneaker culture, cyborg vs skins and education. Part 3 provides a critical overview of digital fashion's potential to impact wider society, including questions of social equity, sustainability and African decoloniality and the future of the industry. Interviewees: Julie Zerbo, founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Fashion Law Idiat Shiole (Hadeeart), Web3 startup founder and 3D designer Jonathan M. Square, writer, historian, and curator of Afro-Diasporic fashion and visual culture Matthew Drinkwater, Head of Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion

Kicks

Author: Nicholas Smith
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0451498135
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
“A vivid picture of how what we wear on our feet can tell us what it really means to be an American.”—Vanity Fair “Expansive, thorough, and entertaining . . . a comprehensive look at how much the sneaker became a signature indicator of cool.”—The Wall Street Journal A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity “It’s gotta be the shoes.” When Spike Lee said it to Michael Jordan in a 1989 commercial, it was with a wink and a nod—what makes MJ so good? His Nike Air Jordan IIIs, of course. But as Nicholas Smith reveals in this captivating history, Lee’s line also speaks to the sneaker’s place at the heart of American culture. Once the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures. We follow the humble athletic and watch as sneakers become the calling card of California skaters and New York MCs, the spark of riots and gang violence, the heart of a global economic controversy, the muse of haute couture, and a lynchpin in the transformation of big sports into big business. Along the way, we meet larger-than-life mavericks and surprising visionaries: genius rubber inventor Charles Goodyear, risking everything to get his formula right; the warring brothers who started dueling shoe empires; road-warrior Chuck Taylor, hawking shoes out of his trunk; and many more mavericks, hustlers, and dreamers. With a sure stride and a broad footprint, Kicks introduces us to an influential and evolving legacy.

Color Graphics

Author: Karen Triedman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
In this valuable resource, information and lessons in color are offered that even the most experienced designers will find useful. 300 color images.

Inside the Box

Author: Murphy T. J.
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 193771621X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
In Inside the Box, veteran journalist and marathoner T.J. Murphy goes all in to expose the gritty, high-intensity sport of CrossFit®. Murphy faced a future with a permanent limp from one too many marathons. Desperate to reclaim his fitness and strength, the 47-year-old signed up for his first CrossFit® workout with nothing to lose. Anaerobically blasted by each workout of the day, Murphy discovered a sweat-soaked fitness revolution that’s transforming bodies and lives. CrossFit is the sport of fitness, a radical new approach to exercise that is turning the traditional gym workout upside down. Every day at thousands of CrossFit gyms across America, fitness seekers of all shapes and sizes flex their inner athlete by racing to finish fast-paced workouts. Each workout mixes weight lifting and gymnastics into an explosively effective and addictive new way to lose weight and carve out a new physique. Inside the Box is Murphy’s journey through CrossFit. From staggering newcomer to evangelist, Murphy finds out how it feels, why it’s so popular, whether it can fix his broken body.

Identity Solutions

Author: Cheryl Cullen
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Make that first impression count! Identity projects are critical to your success as a graphic designer. Get it right and you've just helped boost a client's business. Get it wrong and they might not be around long enough to become a repeat customer. So how do you guarantee your work is always memorable? With Identity Solutions, the inspiration for your next branding project is just a page turn away. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the best new letterhead, logo and business card designs from the industry's top professionals. These stunning visuals are paired with clear explanations of the problem-solving strategies that made them successful - practical solutions that will boost the quality of every piece you create, including your own self-promotion. Take your work to the next level with Identity Solutions!

Fixing Your Feet

Author: John Vonhof
Publisher: Wilderness Press
ISBN: 0899978304
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Foot pain and injuries can thwart even the most experienced athletes. Foot expert and ultra runner John Vonhof discredits the conventional wisdom of 'no pain, no gain, ' teaching instead how the interplay of anatomy, biomechanics, and footwear can lead to happy or hurting feet. With a focus on individual and team care, the 6th edition of Fixing Your Feet covers all that any active person needs to know to find out what works now and also hundreds of miles down the road. This sixth edition has an important new chapter, Blister Prevention - A New Paradigm. It contains new information about blister formation and introduces the concept of shear, which in turn, changes the way we look at blister prevention and treatment. This comprehensive resources covers the full gamut of footwear basics, prevention, and treatments. If it can happen to a foot, it's covered in this book.

Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow

Author: Susan Lacke
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 1937716937
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Susan and Carlos were unlikely friends. She was a young, overweight college professor and a bit of a trainwreckjuggling a divorce, a pack-a-day habit, and hiding empty boxes of wine under her bed. He was her boss, an Ironman triathlete, with life figured out. She was a whiner, he was a hard-ass. He had his shit together, she most assuredly did not.Trash-talking workouts, breakdowns, a devastating diagnosisthis heartwarming story of training buddies reveals a deep and abiding friendship that traversed life, sport, and everything in between. Their journey reveals the inspiring power of sports and friendship to change lives forever.Amusing and poignant, Life’s Too Short To Go So F*cking Slow is about running and triathlon, growth and heartbreak, and an epic friendship that went the distance.

Coast to Coast

Author: Robert Klanten
Publisher: Gestalten Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Showcasing excellence in contemporary graphic design from Boston to San Francisco, "Coast to Coast "continues the tradition of "Swiss Graphic Design "and "Narita Inspected "in taking a close look at the unique style of a distinct design community. Young American designers have now taken their heritage a decisive step further, irreverently adding fresh elements and techniques from broadcast, multimedia, web, hiphop and skate design. Not a collection of commissioned, commercial work, "Coast to Coast "is an outlet for cutting edge, even radical projects displaying unconventional new design approaches far from the mainstream.