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The Nike Doernbecher Freestyle Foundation Auction was a huge success, partly with the help of SOLE. But not only is their help in the form of heavy promotion, but adding to the overall vibe by creating inspiring art provoked by the inspirational event itself. Additional to the wall pieces we recently showed, Vincent aka Krupky of SOLE also created this. Though the Yeezy was not one of the models used in the Doernbecher colleciton, or is the Nike product that is symbolic with “Air,” it certainly is a great selection to use as an art piece in the light of the serious buzz around its release.
A single Air Yeezy (the right shoe in the Black/Pink colorway to be exact), was deconstructed and assembled into an abstract airplane. The contours of the shoe itself seem to make it quite enabling to resemble an aircraft. The padding from the ankle’s upper accent as spoilers for the wings, the glow sole gives life to the figure of the fuselage, the pull tab acts as a rudder and the lacelock fits nicely in the jet engines. Bits of the sole were even utilized as runway lights. And like all models that need to be proudly displayed, the shoelaces are cleverly used to hang the final product. Overall a nice concept and good execution. Props to Krupky of SOLE.
26 Responses to “Air(Plane) Yeezy – Air Yeezy Turned Into Model Plane”
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 am
thats clean and creative
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:09 am
yes!!!
rip those moonboot!!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
OMG. I wear my Yeezy but I’d never do that to them. Even if I hated Ye’ for dissin Taylor (which I don’t. I’m just dissapointed.)
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Clever though.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 am
Wow! Nice piece.. wouldnt mind having that in my room =P
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
that was dumb, might as well give them to someone who deserves a pair of shoes.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:52 am
this is kinda creepy, it looks like a bat.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
This is stupid creative. I like these joints fashow!
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
aha, wish they would’ve just gave me that pair instead of making it into a plane, but it looks pretty cool
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:55 am
wastageeeeeeeeee
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
way better concept than the shoes.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Hell no. It may be art but I’d never waste my money and do that to a sneaker. That is like tearing up your most precious Jordan to do some art. HELL the F**k no.
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Fuck that, They could just gave the shoe to me instead of taking it apart………
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
No! Not the Yeezy! :O
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
honestly that shit is wack, its horrible
October 2nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
If the yeezy is “like your most precious jordan” you need to die in a fire.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm
no one deserves the sneakers thats the point of the charity same thing they did to the ebay dunks
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
^^
BAHAHAHA…
seriously tho.
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:47 pm
haha this is great, good thing that these were fake Yeezy’s
October 2nd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
we need more yeezys
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Eps
Never said the yeezy is like my most precious Jordan. Just saying in general for any shoe. You should die in a fire B****
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
waste of a shoe
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 am
I’m pretty sure this guy bought a pair of fakes and chopped it up into a plane. Creative. I would’ve put some LED’s inside behind the lace locks to add to the glow-in-the-dark effect. Maybe a cockpit with Ye’ in it. Haha. Props sir, to the idea.
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:48 am
those are fakes
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Recession my backfoot
February 14th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
it looks like they were made from a fake pair to me… the swoosh is pink? and the ankle coushion jonts on the outside look way more defined in this picture than they do on real yeezys… if they were made from fakes to save money that cool… id like to kno if that was the case… if they were real and painted over or made for this purpose thats pretty cool too