{"id":13036,"date":"2014-11-07T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2014-11-10T07:59:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T15:59:26","slug":"cool-nike-shoes-really-grow-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/cool-nike-shoes-really-grow-really\/","title":{"rendered":"These Cool Nike Shoes Really Grow on You (Really)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What\u2019s more iconic than a pair of really cool Nike shoes? Not much. The brand has maintained its posture in the vast array of footwear over the decades, and continues to clean up its act when it comes to sweatshops<\/a> and sustainability issues<\/a>. Now, French artist Christophe Guinet<\/a>\u00a0 aka “Mr. Plant” has taken Nike shoes to another realm of coolness.<\/p>\n

Dig this: His latest project \u2018Just Grow It\u2019 is cultivating \u201csneaker-shaped vegetable and plant-based sculptures,\u201d reports Design Boom<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThe sneakers, signifying cult products of urban youth, are transformed into compositions made from rocks, poppies, seeds, flower petals and wood.”<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re simply stunning, assembled with \u201cpatience and with remarkable dexterity, the plant shoes are rendered in a hyper-realistic state, with every facet of the sneaker from the sole to the swoosh pieced together with the environmental materials,\u201d Design Boom explains. \u201cThe project asks the viewer to rediscover the beauty in nature, not just in manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n

According Guinet\u2019s website, while he was born in Paris, he maintained a relationship \u201cbetween town and country, always keeping in touch with nature,\u201d where he eventually \u201cdeveloped a passion for plants, especially the cultivation of orchids: attracted by their exacting needs and rewarded by the beauty and delicacy of their flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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His work is pretty reflective of his love for nature and his urban upbringing in a hipster\/shaman\/chic way, delivering a healthy dose of \u201coh yeah, nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the super cool Nike shoes created by Guinet aren\u2019t wearable, they\u2019re an excellent reminder that there are compostable shoes on the market. And if it isn\u2019t a subtle nudge to Nike to develop it\u2019s own pair of compostable kicks, I don\u2019t know what is. Either way, Guinet\u2019s Nikes are a lot of fun to look at. They certainly should inspire you to put on your own shoes and head out for a hike really soon.<\/p>\n

Images via \u00a0epiphytegarden<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s more iconic than a pair of really cool Nike shoes? Not much. The brand has maintained its posture in the vast array of footwear over the decades, and continues to clean up its act when it comes to sweatshops and sustainability issues. Now, French artist Christophe Guinet aka “Mr. Plant” has taken Nike shoes to another realm of coolness. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":13037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[94,878,1474],"tags":[8500,2666,8498,8499,3007],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christophe-guinet-crafts-living-NIKE-sneakers-from-flowers-designboom-15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}