‘ICONS’

SBB ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

From Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto, Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvented sneaker culture with their project, The Ten. The process of this collaboration was captured, detailed and displayed in ‘ICONS’ — a book that defies the rules and brings a new energy to bookmaking. In the spirit of reinvention and reintroduction,‍ ‍stream black books has created a soundtrack for ‘ICONSwhich‍ ‍ includes three iconic Black Classical Music Composers. Fela Sowande, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Florence Beatrice Price breathed a different air into classical music — thus altering and expanding the world of classical music forever.

Icons meet Icons

The universes of Fashion, Footwear, and Classical Music collide.

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“Crash Course”                   1. II. Nostalgia: Andante — Fela Sowande

“Process”                                                         2. Violin Concerto In G Minor — Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

“The Ten”                                       3. Symphonic Variations On An African Air — Samuel Coleridge- Taylor

The Ten’

  1. Nike Blazer

  2. Air Jordan I

  3. Nike Air Max 90

  4. Nike Air Presto

  5. Nike Air Vapor Max

  6. Converse Chuck Taylor

  7. Nike Air Force 1

  8. Nike React Hyperdunk

  9. Nike Air Max 97

  10. Nike Zoom Vaporfly

”Off-Campus”                 4. Symphony No 3 in C Minor — Florence Beatrice Price‍ ‍

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‘ICONS’

BY VIRGIL ABLOH & NIKE

“10”

From Air Jordan 1 to Air Presto, Nike and Virgil Abloh reinvented sneaker culture with their project, The Ten. Experience engineering ingenuity and Abloh’s investigative design process: each shoe is a piece of industrial design and a readymade sculpture. The binding on ICONS showcases an open spine, reflecting Abloh’s design philosophy.

^ English

^ Hardcover

^ 352 Pages

^ 10.7 × 11 inches

^ Taschen