Kyiv designer Danya Shulipa presented the concept of sneakers dedicated to the world’s largest aircraft Ukrainian An-225 «Mriya». It is based on a classic white pair of Nike Air Force 1
The bottom of the sneakers reproduces the design of the aircraft in detail: these are two horizontal yellow and blue stripes, complemented by a small Ukrainian flag and the word «Mriya».
«I have changed a lot internally as an artist, I reflected on my past projects, realized my mistakes and that I want to continue investing in the creation and popularization of Ukrainian cultural products, primarily for Ukrainians, — Danya explains in his commentary to DTF Magazine. — On August 24th, I was looking at photos from last year’s Independence Day parade and saw a photo of the «Mriya». It was the first time I had seen the plane live, and it made an incredible impression on me. And then during a conversation about aviation it clicked in my head that “I should make the Mriya“».
In 2019, Danya showed the first concept of a Nike Air Force 1 model dedicated to American military planes: «I latched onto the name of the Air Force sneakers and thought I should make sneakers that looked like airplanes».
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That same year at the DTF Conference, he presented the design to Highsnobiety co-founder Jeff Carvalho, after which the American edition team wrote about the model in one of their articles.
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The largest aircraft in the world, the Ukrainian An-225 «Mriya», was destroyed in an air attack by the russian military on an airfield in the city of Hostomel, Kyiv region on February 27.
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