{"title":"Taschen Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaschen Women's on ACTSTOREONLINE presents illustrated volumes dedicated to fashion, design, art, and photography. Each book becomes a collector's item, capable of enriching not only your library but also your personal style. The collection reflects the publishing house's refined and cultural approach, transforming books into intellectual accessories that dialogue with contemporary streetwear.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"taschen-the-ultimate-sneaker-book-19215","title":"The Ultimate Sneaker Book","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15 years of the cult magazine Sneaker Freaker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBack in 2002, Simon “Woody” Wood was dreaming up schemes to get free sneakers. Two weeks later, he was the proud owner of Sneaker Freaker and his life was never the same. From its early roots as a punk-style fanzine to today’s super-slick print and online operations, the fiercely independent publication has documented every collab, custom, limited edition, retro reissue, Quickstrike, Hyperstrike, and Tier Zero sneaker released over the last 15 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWoody’s original premise that Sneaker Freaker would be “funny and serious, meaningful and pointless at the same time” has certainly been vindicated in The Ultimate Sneaker Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith more than 650 pages jam-packed with insider knowledge and his own irreverent observations, the insane historical detail and otaku-level minutiae is beyond obsessive. Traversing 100 years of history, each chapter paints a rollicking picture of the sneaker industry’s evolution. Air Max, Air Force, Adi Dassler, Converse, Kanye, Dapper Dan, Dee Brown, Michael Jordan, and Yeezy-along with obscure treasures like Troop, Airwalk, and Vision Street Wear-are all exhaustively documented.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44320281264324,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8423\/4692\/files\/the-ultimate-sneaker-book-sneaker-freaker-taschen-2_fa7c2061-5ba7-415a-93a7-9e7e54b99de6.jpg?v=1730803143"},{"product_id":"taschen-the-adidas-archive-23141","title":"The Adidas Archive","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e100 years ago the brothers Adolf (“Adi”) and Rudolf Dassler made their first pair of sports shoes. Hundreds of groundbreaking designs, epic moments, and star-studded collabs later, this book presents the first visual review of the adidas shoe through more than 350 models including never-before-seen prototypes and one-of-a-kind originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo further develop and tailor his products to athletes specific needs, Dassler asked them to return their worn footwear when no longer needed, with all the shoes eventually ending up in his attic (to this day, many athletes return their shoes to adidas, often as a thank you after winning a title or breaking a world record). This collection now makes up the “adidas archive”, one of the largest, if not the largest archive of any sports goods manufacturer in the world which photographers Christian Habermeier and Sebastian Jäger have been visually documenting in extreme detail for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShot using the highest reproduction techniques, these images reveal the fine details as much as the stains, the tears, the repair tape, the grass smudges, the faded autographs. It’s all here, unmanipulated and captured in extremely high resolution and with it comes to light the personal stories of each individual wearer. We encounter the shoes worn by West Germany’s football team during its miraculous 1954 World Cup win and those worn by Kathrine Switzer when she ran the Boston Marathon in 1967, before women were officially allowed to compete; custom models for stars from Madonna to Lionel Messi; collabs with the likes of Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Raf Simons, Stella McCartney, Parley for the Oceans or Yohji Yamamoto; as well as the brands trailblazing techniques and materials, like its pioneering use of plastic waste that is intercepted from beaches and coastal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAccompanied by a foreword by designer Jacques Chassaing and expert texts, each picture tells us the why and the how, but also conveys the driving force behind adidas. What we discover goes beyond mere design; in the end, these are just shoes, worn out by their users who have loved them but they are also first-hand witnesses of our sports, design, and culture history, from the beginnings of the Dassler brothers and the founding of adidas until today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, 31.8 x 29.6 cm, 5.63 kg, 644 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44320281362628,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8423\/4692\/files\/taschen-the-adidas-archive_9a337779-e144-477c-9b59-1e3ddc7d0570.jpg?v=1730803172"},{"product_id":"taschen-fashion-rei-kawakubo-23162","title":"Fashion: Rei Kawakubo","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Comme des Garcons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and graphic design, always defying conventional thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ei-D examines Kawakubo’s complex and conceptual world, digging through the magazines archive and revisiting interviews which explore how the fashion house continues to challenge the Western ideals of body shape and garment construction. Breaking the conventional rules, Kawakubo continues to push boundaries, perfectly marrying fashion with art in the most unexpected of ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked into 120 pages is biographical and personal information as well as imagery from photographers including Paolo Roversi, David Bailey, and Emma Summerton, plus interviews with Jamie Huckbody, Josh Sims, and Terry Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, quarter-bound, 29.6 x 42 cm, 2.02 kg, 120 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44320281428164,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8423\/4692\/files\/taschen-fashion-rei-kawakubo_00099fd8-2a44-422a-8f25-698ec20ea3ef.jpg?v=1730803189"},{"product_id":"taschen-fashion-yohji-yamamoto-23180","title":"Fashion: Yohji Yamamoto","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual-sometimes even difficult-yet always beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYamamoto’s free-spirited world is explored here via i-D magazine’s archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female form, the painful process of creating anti-fashion through fashion and how his timeless utilitarian designs can be both avant-garde and classic at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePacked into 120 pages is biographical and personal information as well as imagery from over 30 years of i-D’s history with images from photographers including Paolo Roversi, Max Vadukul, and Nick Knight, plus interviews with Jamie Huckbody, Holly Shackleton, and Terry Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, quarter-bound, 29.6 x 42 cm, 2.03 kg, 120 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44320281460932,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8423\/4692\/files\/taschen-fashion-yohji-yamamoto_80e46566-e38d-43ab-8794-d552435b74d6.jpg?v=1730803207"},{"product_id":"taschen-virgil-abloh-nike-icons-34208","title":"Virgil Abloh Nike Icons","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-tabs wc-tabs-wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--my_custom_tab panel entry-content wc-tab\" id=\"tab-my_custom_tab\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-my_custom_tab\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2016, sportswear manufacturer Nike and fashion designer Virgil Abloh joined forces to create a sneaker collection celebrating 10 of the Oregon-based company’s most iconic shoes. 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Inspired by the wit of Dadaism, architectural theory, and avant-garde happenings, he analyzes what makes each shoe iconic and deconstructs it into an artistic assemblage, making each shoe into a piece of industrial design, a readymade sculpture, and a wearable all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eICONS traces Abloh’s investigative, creative process through documentation of the prototypes, original text messages from Abloh to Nike designers, and treasures from the Nike archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe find Swooshes sliced away from Air Jordans and reapplied with tape or thread, Abloh’s typical text fragments in quotation marks on Air Force 1, and All Stars cut into pieces. 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