Joined by Ikea representative, Virgil Abloh gives a sneak peek to his Ikea collaboration on a YouTube live-stream. What product to expect from Virgil's collaboration with Ikea? Think doorstops, chairs, vases, rugs , pillows.
The goal, as he tells it, is to allow the young (and maybe broke), to feel the same sense of pride about their interiors as they feel about their sneakers. “Look at the positive side of the word hype,” he began, walking over to a display case designed for the collaboration filled with Nike x Off-White sneakers. “When it’s applied to a shoe, as you can see here, they’re just sneakers. But, as you can also see here, there’s a halo.”
“I think the biggest thing to realize is that most often plastic surgery cannot drastically change someones overall appearance. It really works best to enhance what someone already has. The results though, can be quite stunning and transformative depending upon what the starting point is. “
Mother and son, two of the finest alpinists of their eras, gone too soon, a quarter of a century apart.