<i>“AN ARRAY OF AIRi,<i>”i 2019

In 2017, Nike enlisted Abloh to redesign ten of

the company’s most famous shoe styles. Abloh

used collaged elements, transparent materials,

self-referential labels, tabs, and zip ties to

emphasize the shoes’ construction, inviting

people to take a second look at these iconic

sneakers. This display features unreleased

shoes from subsequent collaborations between

Off-White and Nike in various stages of

prototyping. These objects under construction

offer a behind-the-scenes view of Abloh’s

design process, which involves working

through many concepts and iterations of a

project before reaching the final result.