http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 01:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html#comment-1212429 Freehand Profit Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117405#comment-1212429 Thanks for posting and showing love everyone. I was recommended Brian Jungen's work about 3 sneaker gas masks in upon the release of the Air Jordan Gas Mask, since then his work has been an inspiration. Thanks for posting and showing love everyone. I was recommended Brian Jungen’s work about 3 sneaker gas masks in upon the release of the Air Jordan Gas Mask, since then his work has been an inspiration.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html#comment-1212186 RobDobbs Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117405#comment-1212186 A direct inspiration I'd say.  A direct inspiration I’d say. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html#comment-1212183 InsertFingerHere Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117405#comment-1212183 So many tweaks to that helmet design over the years, hard to know what is canon and what is artistic license.  Pretty sure Darth Vader wouldn't have allowed sponsorship badges on his troops.  Bad PR for Adidas to be associated with blowing up planets and other massacres. So many tweaks to that helmet design over the years, hard to know what is canon and what is artistic license.  Pretty sure Darth Vader wouldn’t have allowed sponsorship badges on his troops.  Bad PR for Adidas to be associated with blowing up planets and other massacres.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html#comment-1212060 Mark Christal Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117405#comment-1212060 Possibly inspired by Brian Jungen's Alaskan Native Masks created from Air Jordans? http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/jungen/works.html Possibly inspired by Brian Jungen’s Alaskan Native Masks created from Air Jordans? http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/jungen/works.html

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/stormtrooper-helmet-sculpted-out-of-sneakers.html#comment-1212012 NoahScalin Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117405#comment-1212012 Thanks for posting! Credit should of course go to Freehand Profit (not "Prophet") my tired late night mistake. Thanks for posting! Credit should of course go to Freehand Profit (not “Prophet”) my tired late night mistake.

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