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Creative Reuse by Josh Rubin

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Eric Quebral deconstructed and reconstructed this Air Max 90 box to explore the vague concept of sneaker as landscape for a recent school project. His topographical model is of a proposed running terrain. Being Earth Day today, I thought this creative reuse would be a perfect thing to share.

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This entry posted on 22 April 2005 at 8:38 AM
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