Flydea was tasked with turning a pair of worn white/black Nike Cortez into an homage to Rage Against the Machine. The designer’s sophomore effort at sneaker art is well-designed and shows greater maturity than Flydea’s experience would indicate. These custom Nikes were found at Flydea’s latest NikeTalk post linked here.
The client asked Flydea to draw images of guitarist Tom Morello and singer Zach De La Rocha on his Nikes. Flydea responded by recreating both musicians in black, red and white on the outsides of the shoes. The left shoe shows Morello resting between songs while the right shoe has Zach with his fist in the air.
Flydea applied his white cursive name to the black heel along with the blood red fist used as Rage Against the Machine’s logo. The designer has surmounted the difficult task of meeting his customer’s needs while letting his unique style shine through. As someone who liked Rage Against the Machine in high school, I can appreciate the mixture of art and political activism in the group’s music. I think Flydea’s Nike Cortez customs capture the essence and the look of Rage Against the Machine. You can reach Flydea for your own customs at flydea@gmail.com.
Tags: Cortez, Custom Sneakers, Nike, Rage Against the Machine
Cool, but old
Nice..But I think a few would admire this because It is old.
these are so clean its un describable
Where did you get them? There awesome!
pretty decent lookiin pair of cortex’s. theyre not that great though
This is stupid I love rage but you know Nike is an example of a corporation that rage hates Nike benefits from slave labor and that’s just wrong
the sickest shoes hoes iv ever seen but Not important is right these shoes are made by slave labors and they show people that slave labor is OK and it ain’t