The adidas Archive
The Footwear Collection. 45th Ed.
$46.74
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2023
Summary
More than 100 years ago, brothers Adolf (“Adi”) and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collaborations later, this book presents a visual review of the adidas shoe through almost 200 models.
To further develop and tailor his products to athletes’ specific needs, Dassler asked them to return their worn footwear when no longer needed, with all the shoes eventually ending up in his attic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783836591072 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3836591073 |
| Author: | Christian Habermeier, Sebastian Jäger |
| Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
| Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.14kg |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 156mm x 217mm |
| Series: | 45th Edition |
Critics Review
The smudges, the stains, the tears, the history and all 350 models feature in extremely high detail in this extraordinary tribute to this remarkable brand. * Forbes *
A must for lovers of the footwear brand. * GQ *
Christian Habermeier
Christian Habermeier has been working as a photographer and designer since 1989. He studied communication design and taught photography and digital illustration from 2000 to 2006. He also pursues his own projects in Cuba, Kenya, Nepal, India, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. In 2000 he founded studio waldeck photographers, and in 2013 he achieved his long-held vision of a CO2-neutral studio.
Sebastian Jäger studied design at the Georg-Simon-Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, focusing on moving images and photography, where he met former lecturer Christian Habermeier in 2005. Their joint company studio waldeck photographers serves customers from industry and the cultural sector. Since 2011, they have been creating a visual record of the holdings of the historical adidas archive.
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