First, we love Tom Sachs and all his bizarre NASA meets fine art work. But we are confused and fascinated by this Tom Sachs x NikeCraft Mars Yard Shoe (plus a collection of jackets and space bags) that Sachs has on his site’s shop, plus the beautiful spread at NikeCraft.com. What is going on? What is $350 but not really for sale? And when can we buy this amazing shoe?
From Sachs:
At NIKECraft, products are developed for athletes, not consumers. Our athlete, Tommaso Rivellini, is a mechanical engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Among many other projects, Tommaso invented the airbags used on the 1997 and 2004 Mars rovers. Long gone are the days of wingtipped brouges, pocket protectors, and skinny ties. The rocket scientist uniform of today is faded jeans, a golf shirt, and sneakers. These shoes are built to support the bodies of the strongest minds in the aerospace industry.
Special features include: outsoles borrowed from the NIKE special forces boot (SFB), vectran fabric from the Mars Excursion Rover airbags, and detailing from Apollo Lunar Overshoes. These premium athletic shoes thrive in the rugged terrain of the simulated Mars Yard in Pasadena, CA – as well as stealthily creeping the mission-funding hallways of headquarters in Washington, D.C.
From The Citrus Report
