Posts tagged with ‘adidas’
Adidas Pulls a Bait and Switch by Highlighting Women’s Sports at the Men’s World Cup
A quick “FIFA World Cup” Google search returns link after link pertaining to the men’s competition—even as the women’s tournament of the same name, taking place this summer in New Zealand and Australia, is on the horizon. It’s a predicament that adidas was keenly aware of when it prepared to take the world stage as...
LEGO Steps into ComplexCon with an adidas Collab and a Giant Brick Sneaker
LEGO made its debut at the back to in-person footwear and streetwear show ComplexCon, Nov. 6-7, in Long Beach, CA, with a sneaker drop of its own kind. The brand’s collaboration with adidas came to life in the form of a pair of 13-foot-long adidas Original Superstar sneaker recreations comprised of 150,000 bricks in a...
How Storytelling Helped adidas Evolve its Event Sponsorship
When the Beyond the Streets graffiti exhibition launched in Los Angeles in 2018, signing on as lead sponsor was a no-brainer for adidas. The brand’s deep-seated roots in skateboarding and street culture was a perfect fit for the new platform. But like any event program, the kinks were still being ironed out the first time...
adidas Celebrates Street Culture with a Beastie Boys Exhibit at Beyond the Streets
When the Beyond the Streets graffiti exhibition (BTS) launched in the summer of 2018 in Los Angeles, show curator Roger Gastman worked closely with lead sponsor adidas to highlight the connection between street art and skateboarding, and to celebrate all things street culture. The three-month expo quickly caught fire, prompting Gastman and adidas to begin...