Nike recently unveiled its brand new headquarters in New York City’s Midtown district. The immense space spans 150,000 square feet and even includes an indoor basketball court capable of seating 400 spectators. To celebrate the opening, the Swoosh commissioned Montreal-based artist Stikki Peaches to embellish a section of the headquarters with signature collage artwork.
The artist created a sprawling graffiti montage of Kate Moss on one wall with accompanying pieces throughout the section such as an overturned portrait of James Dean with a neon Nike sign overhead. Check out the murals by Stikki Peaches above and find more of his work on Instagram. In case you missed the full tour, get a closer look at Nike’s NYC headquarters here.
Nike Headquarters NYC
855 Sixth Ave.
New York, NY 10001
855 Sixth Ave.
New York, NY 10001
The March issue of WIRED centers around a story about Mark Zuckerberg: the Facebook CEO is revising the brand’s strategy as it rounds out two particularly challenging years. WIRED editors wanted to put a bruised and battered Zuckerberg on the cover, to represent the metaphorical beating he’s taken — he wasn’t available for a shoot, so they did the next best thing.
Jake Rowland was tapped to create a composite Zuckerberg portrait, citing his past works as proof positive of his skill. Rowland hired two models to wear bruised makeup, combining their photos with stock imagery and an actual picture of Zuckerbeg to create the completed image. Everything has been reworked, down to Zuckerberg’s expression and mussed T-shirt. Rowland noted the parallels between the faux reality of the image and recent criticisms of Facebook’s fake news proliferation, stating, “I was … specifically inspired by the subject and our current moment. Those lines — between fact and fiction, document and forgery, what’s ‘real’ and ‘fake’ — have never been so slippery and difficult to detect.”
Check out the completed piece above and read the cover story over on WIRED‘s website.
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