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NEW BANKSY MURALS SPOTTED ACROSS ENGLISH COASTAL TOWNS

‘Banksy has clearly been enjoying an East Anglian staycation.’
New murals and installations scattered throughout five English coast towns are believed to be the work of world-renowned street artist Banksy.
Found in Lowestoft, Gorleston, Oulton Broad, Cromer and Great Yarmouth in England, the stenciled works exhibit the mysterious artist’s trademarks but are yet to be claimed by Banksy himself.

“Banksy has clearly been enjoying an East Anglian staycation: these are very sophisticated stencils showing an artist at the top of his game,” Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth, Paul Gough stated to BBC.

Three works popped up in Lowestoft with one featuring a large seagull hovering over an actual dumpster and another of a child holding a shovel placed near a mound of pavement sand portraying the act of building a sandcastle. Within the town’s Nicholas Everitt Park near the Oulton Broad, another painting was made out showing three children playing on a little boat. A message along with the artwork reads, “We’re all in the same boat.”

In Gorleston, an arcade crane game lingers above a bench as to seemingly pick up pedestrians. While in Cromer, a hermit crab holds up a sign reading “luxury rentals only,” which spotlights Banksy’s known political tendencies.

Another potential work of the artist is located in Great Yarmouth which features a couple dancing along with an accordion player above a bus shelter. Among the town’s Merivale Model Village, a new cottage was added with a stencil of a rat and the words “Go Big or Go Home” sprayed on one side, while the name “Banksy” covers another side of the mini home.

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NIKE’S NEW RECYCLED COLLECTION

“Move to Zero” is Nike’s new trainer range consisting of their most sustainable shoes to date. Produced by eco-friendly materials, such as recycled cork from the wine industry or bark that’s produced in a way that isn’t harmful to the tree, each pair are 20% recycled materials.
The soles of the trainers are an outcome of the Plant Cork Pack, a process that infused the cork into the rubber sole. This product release marks Nike’s air to become ‘zero carbon and zero waste’.
The collection includes both new and updated trainer designs; you can purchase the beloved Air Force 1 or Blazer Mild and Air Max alongside a new silhouette, Nike Crate Impact. Their Air VaporMax 2021 is one of their ‘most sustainable shoes to date’ as it’s produced by over 50% recycled resources.

The capsule is inspired by ‘the natural world’ but it isn’t just the sole’s that are eco-friendly, ‘Each shoe is dedicated to a plant we love and brought to life through embroidered botanical designs, scientific infographics and dye sourced from the plant itself.’ Dohnn Ball, on the Plant Cork Pack team, revealed further the inspiration behind the trainer designs, saying, ‘On each shoe we are highlighting a plant, and whatever colour that plant is processed into is the accent colour on that shoe”.

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JACK DANIELS X THE SHOE SURGEON: FINELY CRAFTED

Sneakerheads rejoice: now you can explore The Shoe Surgeon’s studio in interactive 3D, for a taste of where that custom sneaker magic happens. Finely Crafted shares the secrets of the latest Jack Daniels/Shoe Surgeon collab—and gives fans a chance to trip to Los Angeles to tour the studio for real.
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BLUP50 KELLY ANNA LONDON X NIKE TO CREATE ‘RUN PAST THE FUTURE’

This artist in residence continues to blow out minds
After her trip to Nike’s head office in Portland in the US, to design her own running collection in collaboration with the team at Nike. ‘Run Past The Future’ is a menswear collection that has already been worn by the likes of singer Justin Timberlake and athlete Craig Engels.




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