Sneakers and Interactive Media Culture

Nike has joined forces with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to create a compelling apparel collection that seeks to showcase some of the great teams of the last days of Negro League baseball. The collection honors the passion, pride, and perseverance embodied by a league whose contributions to our national pastime are immense-and whose stories are too seldom told.

There are some hot products on the site inspired by the original Negro league teams like the New York Cubans, Chicago Giants, Kansas City Monarchs, and Homestead Grays. Also on the site is an interview with Buck O’Neil who played with the Kansas City Monarchs way back in 1938.

Above is a photo of the New York Cubans AF1 Premium LE.

Check out the site.

Here comes the heat. Check out the Royalefam international issue with SBTG’s retrospective hall of fame. You’ll find yourself salivating over everything on the site especially the SBTG 4 Niketalk AF1’s and the SBTG X Ambush AF1 lows. I had to break out the Kleenex to wipe down the dribble from my lower lip. Thanks to LadyKickz for the link.

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This link was sent over to me by my lovely wife, Chloe Gottlieb.
It’s the European NIKEiD banner that lets the user play with the feeling of customization by banging away on their keyboards. It’s a nice way of drawing users into the site experience.

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Last week, WK headed out to Los Angeles for a collaborative installation with Laker star Kobe Bryant at the Nike Gallery.

Check out the Wooster Collective site.

Episode 07 is about to drop on Weeklydrop in a few days. Go check out the interview with rising hip-hop star, Lupe Fiasco. Not only can he flex some ill mic skills, but he’s got mad sneaker knowledge as well.

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Here are some photos of the Adidas adicolor launch in Berlin. They were sent over by Daniel at Lace Sneakers magazine.

Learn more about adicolor.

Here’s a link I discovered on Weeklydrop.com. It’s a site for female sneakerheads. The site comes complete with interviews, sneaker art, photos, related links, and a forum to connect and chat with your fellow sneaker freaks.

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C.D. Walls shows off his massive collection of Nike Air Jordans, provides buying tips for fellow sneaker enthusiasts, and goes on a shoe shopping excursion.

Check out the video.