You may know that 75 percent of all Nike shoes and apparel now contain some recycled material. You may also know that Nike has diverted nearly 5 billion plastic bottles from landfills since 2012. But did you know that at least 12 of those bottles form the backbone for every …
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Designed by KOSMOS Architects (a virtual architectural office with partners based in Geneva, Moscow and New York City), Nike BOX Msk is a 4,685-square-meter site in Gorky Park that includes an outdoor football court inspired by the traditional Russian korobka. These courtyard cages form the heart of Russian football, where …
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Designers Virgil Abloh, founder of OFF-WHITE, and Kim Jones, artistic director of Dior Homme, partnered with Nike to approach the beautiful game from two distinct perspectives. For Abloh, football is an opportunity to blend memories of his youth — playing hip-hop tracks on the way to high school soccer matches, …
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Malaysia’s football team takes its nickname from the national symbol: the tiger, Harimau Malaya. And for 2018, the side will take the field in a new home kit that makes no mystery of its symbolic guide. Designed with a full-body tiger stripe graphic, the shirt is also the first to …
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A paragon of the phrase strength in numbers, Indonesia – the world’s fourth most populous country, stretching over 3,100 miles from east to west – summons the power of more than 17,500 islands that dot the archipelago nation. Despite its dispersed nature, Indonesia flaunts a united strength in the country’s …
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The Football Association of Singapore, founded as the Singapore Amateur Football Association in 1892, lays claim as Asia’s oldest football organisation. That bit of trivia aside, Singapore’s new home and away looks are rooted in the country’s interesting history. Here are the three things you need to know to appreciate …
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Ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, Nigeria has emerged as a fan favorite on account of its swagger, style of play and bold National Team collection. A new Naija-inspired Mercurial 360, available in green and black colorways on NIKEiD, augments the collection, which is available June 1. The kits …
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An unlabeled sweatshirt is…just a sweatshirt. An unbranded pair of jeans is anonymous denim. But unlike other articles of clothing, a jersey can never be completely stripped of meaning. A name, number and crest can be removed, and still, the jersey’s essence is rich with history. For England fans, the …
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“Over the past few years, something special has been going on at Atlético de Madrid,” says Pete Hoppins, Nike Football Apparel Senior Design Director. “It’s a club that has shown what you can achieve when the fans, coaches and players are all totally committed and move together as one. We …
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On Sunday, May 20, Catalan giants FC Barcelona will bid farewell to club legend Andres Iniesta. The Blaugrana will do so in its latest home kit, designed for the 2018/19 season, which is inspired by Camp Nou’s uniting force against the city’s 10 districts: Les Corts, Sants-Montjuïc, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, La …
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