Whereas the Dunk craze is unquestionably reaching its saturation level—I used to be in Sydney earlier this week and it felt like 40% of youngsters had been rocking Pandas—there’s all the time room for innovation and superb design work on the decades-old shoe. It simply doesn’t all the time have to return from Nike themselves.
Singapore’s Ng Poh Hian, aka Bob, is among the world’s finest sneaker customisers, taking official footwear and slicing them up, altering their colourways and including particulars to create his personal sought-after releases.
His label, No-Brainer*, has been dressing up (and dressing down) sneakers just like the Air Pressure 1, Dunks, Blazers, Converse All-Stars and Vans sk8 (simply to call a number of) for years, however it’s his newest effort, a pair of Dunks primarily based on the manga/anime sequence Preliminary D, that I wish to take a look at immediately.
Primarily based fully on Takumi Fujiwara’s Toyota Sprinter, they’re not precisely screaming “I’m a sneaker primarily based on an previous, beloved manga”, however anybody who is aware of the automotive/sequence will know immediately what the deal is. The colors are excellent, the textual content on the heel is important, the license plate being stamped on the midsole is a pleasant contact and I actually just like the little orange tag to characterize the symptoms.
Right here’s a take a look at the shoe and the automotive collectively to present you an concept of what’s being borrowed for the homage:
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And right here’s a mockup of what the shoe would seem like within the flesh:
When these had been first proven off a number of days in the past on the label’s Instagram web page, Bob stated “this can be a sneaker idea design”, and that they had been “not obtainable in the mean time.”
Public reception has been so overwhelmingly optimistic since these first photos, nonetheless, that there at the moment are availability particulars. Bob has since put up a brand new put up teasing a September launch:
As for getting maintain of a pair, effectively, it’s 2022, it is best to already know what to anticipate, however I’ll spell it out anyway. As a result of these are customs, you received’t be counting on the common (and totally damaged) store-to-StockX pipeline; as a substitute these are bought instantly from Bob, albeit inside a really brief timeframe and for a lot of cash.
