Art direction and graphic design for Vans premium footwear concept including footwear product, digital campaign, window display, apparel capsule, and outdoor marketing campaign in New York.

The Quilted MTE Sk8-Hi DX combines influences of classic technical outdoor footwear design with a premium aesthetic. The deconstructed styling, quilted tongue, and monochromatic palette of Vans’ classic Sk8-Hi silhouette create a minimal feel which belies the inherent functional outdoor technology borrowed from Vans’ MTE ‘Designed for the Elements’ collections. The shoes feature a heat retention layer between the sockliner and outsole to keep feet warm, padded collar and heel counters for support, a vulcanized lug outsole for maximum traction in wet weather, and premium, weatherproof leather uppers.

Photography by Connor Linde in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.