Virgil Abloh - Something's Off - 2020

Virgil Abloh - Icons


352 pages, 29.7 x 25.5 cm, illustrated, hardcover, English/French/German

First Edition. In very good condition.
Contains minor traces of wear and usage.
No major damages.


Virgil Abloh’s new designs offer deep insights into engineering ingenuity and exude cultural cachet.

Drawing on the genius of the original shoe through lettering, ironic labels, collage, and sculpting techniques, Abloh plays with language and sculptural elements to construct new meaning.

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, transforming each shoe into a piece of industrial design, a readymade sculpture, and a wearable art piece all at once.

Icons 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.

We 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.

We take a behind-the-scenes look and witness Abloh’s DIY approach, which gives each model in the Off-WhiteTM c/o Nike collection its own unique touch.

The book documents Abloh’s cooperative way of working and reaffirms the power of print. For its design, Nike and Abloh partnered with the acclaimed London-based design studio Zak Group.

Together they conceived a two-part compendium, equal parts catalog and conceptual toolbox.
The first part of the book presents a visual culture of sneakers, while a lexicon in the second part defines the key people, places, objects, ideas, materials, and scenes from which the project grew.

Texts by Nike’s Nicholas Schonberger, writer Troy Patterson, curator and historian Glenn Adamson, and Virgil Abloh himself frame the collaborative work within fashion and design history.
A foreword by Hiroshi Fujiwara situates the project within the historical continuum of Nike collaborators.


Virgil Abloh (September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021) was an American fashion designer, DJ, and entrepreneur.
He worked for and with major brands and labels such as Off White, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Rimowa, Fendi, IKEA, Vitra, Braun, and Kanye West.

Abloh also served as the CEO of the Milan-based brand Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2013.

He’s considered one of the most important designers from this era alongside JonOne, KAWS, Imbue, Banksy, JR, Fake, Parra, Pantone, Blek Le Rat, Daniel Arsham, Vhils, Saraiva, Basquiat, Keith Haring, Jason Freeny, Maurizio Cattelan, Murakami, Stik, Brusk, Invader, Dface, etc.

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