Creative Sole, Japanese Sneaker Culture is a book by Manami Okazaki that looks at Japan’s prolific presence in sneaker culture globally. Creative, covetable and cool, Japanese sneakers are some of the most highly sought after in the world today, with an incredible amount of designers, collaborators, artists and makers, all infusing their creative energy into this multi-billion dollar industry. This...

The brand nat-2, based in Munich Germany, with its 7th generation creative director Sebastian Thies has risen from one of the oldest shoe-dynasties in Europe. In 2006 the family celebrated their 153 years developing and supplying shoes, materials and accessories. Every season they launch new innovative products like the world’s first 2 in 1 shoe. The Nat-2 transformer shoes and...