Laurence King

Art & Sole

Written and designed by Intercity, Art & Sole explores and celebrates the creative side of sneaker culture – showing the best and most original rarities and brand collaborations, while highlighting how a growing number of artists base their work on sneakers – from sculptures made from dissected shoes, to oil paintings on canvas, and the customisation of the shoes themselves.

Originally published in 2008, with a 'mini-edition' re-release in 2012 (see details below), Intercity are now working on a new, revised edition of the book. More on the project to be announced soon...

A launch party and exhibition for the book was held at size? Carnaby Street, London. Many sneakers from the book were on display, including James Lavelle's Nike Dunk High SB UNKLE and a pair of one-off adidas Stan Smith's customised by Mark Gonzales. Artwork from the book was also on show, including original works by INSA and Art & Sole cover artist Dave White - who was also signing copies of the book.

Art & Sole was published as a smaller 'mini-edition' format in 2012, featuring the same content and pagination as the original book. To celebrate the release, Intercity worked with Nike to design the Special Edition Art & Sole Cortez iD sneaker collection. See more about that project here.

Selected Brands

adidas
Converse
DC Shoes
Gravis
New Balance
Nike
Onitsuka Tiger
Pointer
Puma
Reebok
Vans

Selected Artists

Ben Drury
Dave White
Delta
Evan Hecox
Futura 2000
Gary Panter
Gasius
Geoff McFetridge
Haze
Hiroshi Fujiwara
I Have Pop™
INSA
Irak NY
James Jarvis
Jeff Staple
Jun Watanabe
Katsuya Terada
Kaws
Kevin Lyons
Mark Gonzales
Mark Ward
Michael Lau
Mr. Cartoon
Neckface
Parra
Stash
Taka Hayashi
Todd James