ICONS, published by TASCHEN, is a dynamic retrospective of the extensive collaborative project between NIKE, Inc. and Virgil Abloh.
Underpinned by The Ten, ICONS explores how the partnership works to unify all the intangible cultural threads connected to sneakers. The book traces Abloh’s investigative, creative process through documentation of prototypes, original text messages from Abloh to Nike designers and treasures from the Nike archives.
The book builds upon Abloh's printed matter practice — archiving and documenting through books and ephemera in service of important cultural stories.
As an extension of this practice, ICONS will be exclusively available from a selected group of Black-owned bookshops and independent retailers beginning January 12, ahead of Nike and Off-White™'s global release on January 22.
We are honored to partner with the booksellers listed on this page, demonstrating our shared belief in the vitality of print and the importance of local bookstores as hubs of community, culture and civic memory.
**A Black-owned bookshop
North America
- All Things Inspiration Giftique** 🇺🇸 Mableton, GA, USA
- Arcana: Books on the Arts 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Ashay By The Bay** 🇺🇸 Vallejo, CA, USA
- Beyond Barcodes** 🇺🇸 Kokomo, IN, USA
- Black Dot Cultural Center and Bookstore** 🇺🇸 Lithonia, GA, USA
- Black Garnet Books** 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Bliss Books and Wine** 🇺🇸 Kansas City, MO, USA
- Books & Books 🇺🇸 Coral Gables, FL, USA
- Burgundy Books** 🇺🇸 Old Saybrook, CT, USA
- Comma Bookstore & Social Hub** 🇺🇸 Flint, MI, USA
- Cultured Books** 🇺🇸 St. Petersburg, FL, USA
- Da Book Joint** 🇺🇸 South Holland, IL, USA
- Enda's Booktique** 🇺🇸 Duncanville, TX, USA
- EsoWon Books** 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Estelita's Library** 🇺🇸 Seattle, WA, USA
- EyeSeeMe African American Children's Bookstore** 🇺🇸 University City, MO, USA
- Fulton Street Books & Coffee** 🇺🇸 Tulsa, OK, USA
- Good Books** 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, USA
- Greedy Reads 🇺🇸 Baltimore, MD, USA
- Greenlight Bookstore 🇺🇸 Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Harriett's Bookshop** 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Lower East Coast 🇺🇸 Miami, FL, USA
- Mahogany Books** 🇺🇸 Washington, DC, USA
- Malik Books** 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Marcus Books** 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, USA
- Matter** 🇺🇸 Denver, CO, USA
- Onyx Bookstore Cafe** 🇺🇸 Covington, GA, USA
- People Get Ready** 🇺🇸 New Haven, CT, USA
- Positive Vibes** 🇺🇸 Virginia Beach, VA, USA
- Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing** 🇺🇸 Little Rock, AR, USA
- Pyramid Books** 🇺🇸 Boynton Beach, FL, USA
- Reparations Club** 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Rose Café** 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, USA
- Semicolon** 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, USA
- Seminary Co-op 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, USA
- Sister's Uptown Bookstore** 🇺🇸 New York, NY, USA
- Skylight Books 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Source Booksellers** 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, USA
- Source of Knowledge** 🇺🇸 Newark, NJ, USA
- The Collective** 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, USA
- The Lit. Bar** 🇺🇸 New York, NY, USA
- The Tiny Bookstore** 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books** 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rest of the World
- 0fr Bookshop 🇫🇷 Paris, FR
- Mag Culture 🇬🇧 London, UK
- Mendo Books** 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, NL