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Joy Division custom NB

April 03rd, 2007 | Author: DJ M | Category: Custom

On display at Ran in Manchester is a custom NB by a mysterious Canadian with a thing for Joy Division / Factory Records.

The art from the band’s 1979 debut record is used in the tongue tag and insole.

“The album cover, designed by Peter Saville based on a graph of 100 consecutive pulses from the pulsar CP 1919, is regarded as a classic of minimalist sleeve design. The image was found by Sumner in a book of astronomy and represents “the final flashes of a dying star.”" — Wikipedia

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Via Seenmy @ Exclusives, CT forums, EUKicks

25 Comments so far

  1. Perttu April 3rd, 2007 10:41 pm

    That is one beautiful sneaker.

  2. mei April 4th, 2007 12:44 pm

    i can’t believe joy division has a shoe after them. nice.

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    […] The Joy Division NB’s in their natural habitat: […]

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    […] From Dylan Adair, the Montreal-based designer of the Joy Division NB customs: […]

  5. Jacques Rigaut May 21st, 2007 6:38 am

    Is nothing sacred?

  6. Scott Ervin May 30th, 2007 9:19 am

    I would love to buy those.

  7. Diana June 12th, 2007 5:02 am

    That is so wrong I can’t even express it. Seriously, is nothing sacred?

  8. StickyKeys June 13th, 2007 1:17 pm

    That is hottness!

  9. tylor July 13th, 2007 4:42 pm

    when will the shoe be out? price? and how do i get them?

  10. erik July 18th, 2007 7:07 am

    take a look at these!!! the prototype for nike
    http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/joy_division_trainers.html

  11. Oh, Joy Division! | #comments September 4th, 2007 12:27 pm

    […] about trying to get more into them so I could pull of wearing that bad ass t-shirt. These custom New Balances designed by Dylan Adair just take it to the next level (via monoscope). The graph shows up on the tongue of the shoe, […]

  12. davin September 12th, 2007 1:14 pm

    Ian is rolling in his grave…

  13. jordan October 14th, 2007 5:43 am

    i want these shoes more than anything in the world.

  14. JS October 25th, 2007 6:21 am

    Do you want another CP 1919 pulsar-Unknown Pleasures shoes ?
    Vote for them :
    http://www.dmbootdesign.com/designs/view/4168

  15. Janice October 29th, 2007 6:31 pm

    These shoes own me.

  16. Retro Jordans November 2nd, 2007 2:46 pm

    I wonder how much money Jordan has made from his shoe line? Probably in the billions!

  17. rebelmel November 5th, 2007 8:28 pm

    im the owner of a store well established in Montreal and i would be trilled to sell those A-M-A-Z-I-N-G shoes.where can i get the info and the name of the genius who is reponsible for that design…
    RebelMel co-owner and designer of Scarlett…

  18. ly November 6th, 2007 8:23 am

    where can I have these shoes?

  19. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures » Sleevage » Album Cover Blog. Music, Art, Design. December 1st, 2007 5:03 am

    […] found these custom NB’s with Unknown Pleasures artwork, more photos here. Pretty sweet but who wears NB’s anyway […]

  20. Joy Division Tribute Sneakers « frockstar January 26th, 2008 7:05 pm

    […] 27, 2008 · No Comments Nike and New Balance made prototypes of these sneakers that pay tribute to Joy Division. I would love to have these but […]

  21. izwan April 2nd, 2008 6:56 am

    perfect

  22. fany April 22nd, 2008 10:37 am

    no k buenos tenis estan geniales
    los kiero maldita donde los puedo
    conseguir amo a joy division

  23. simon April 27th, 2008 9:39 pm

    i agree, this is fucken stupid.

  24. José May 2nd, 2008 10:19 am

    will someone tell me where can I buy this sneakers in Madrid?

  25. José May 2nd, 2008 10:20 am

    podría decirme alguien dónde puedo encontar esta maravilla en Madrid?

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