Nike’s Intergalactic Creativity

I gotta hand it to Nike for their upcoming NBA All Star 2013 kicks collection. They really took the Houston location and pushed the “Mission Control Center” theme to the extreme. Look at the creative creations for Kobe, LeBron, and Kevin Garnett.

I especially like the description for the KD V All Stars:

Identified as Dark Matter, the biological and molecular breakdown of this figure remains a puzzle for scientists. Early readings of its origin, NSP-KD35, have sent back conflicting reports of a planet that is simultaneously solid, liquid, and gas – properties that make his game adaptable to any situation.

But it doesn’t end there. Nike Sportswear has their top secret Area 72 collection of intergalactic shoes that blends old school with new tech. This is how you reinterpret the Nike Blazer Mid, Nike Vandal, Nike Lunar Force 1, Nike Barkley Posite Max, and Nike Air Force Max 2013.

I very well might have to try to get a pair of the Barkley Posite Max. It’s so out there with the reflective textures, glow in the dark soles, galaxy print, and the mashup of foamposite with the Chuckster’s shoe line. It’s crazy good.

Available on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2013.