José Parlá x Converse (PRODUCT)RED Chuck Taylor All Star

Converse has teamed up with Brooklyn based artist José Parlá to create this pair of Chuck Taylor All Star, which is part of the brand’s (PRODUCT) RED lineup. For the design, he transferred his painting Ephemeral Pitches, and Notes, Rhythm and Phonetics onto the sneaker.

As he puts it, the painting “explores constant changes to urban lifestyle and was inspired by abstract noises, music, rhythms, languages and sounds of cities”. The shoe is fitted with a canvas upper, and using a laser technique, the look from the original paintings were recreated. The color scheme includes a mix of tan, yellow and grey with the top eyelet in red.