Air Jordan

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Assouline
01 March 2026

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Assouline celebrates 40 years of Air Jordan with a landmark Ultimate volume, created in collaboration with Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand. This collector's piece honors the enduring influence of Michael Jordan and the brand that reshaped sport, style, business, and culture worldwide.

Limited to 1,000 hand-numbered copies, the Ultimate edition is crafted with a host of bespoke details. Encased in an intricately tooled leather clamshell, the cover features Baroque-inspired embossing drawn from the laser graphics of the Air Jordan XX. A raised Air Jordan logo is prominently set on the front and spine, reinforcing the iconic presence of the Brand, while a custom gold-finished medallion on a red ribbon serves as a built-in bookmark, embossed with the Jumpman logo.

Each edition also includes an oversized Italian silk scarf centered on the Jumpman logo and framed with ornamental motifs and the Wings emblem. Housed beneath the book within its own custom box, the scarf reveals six golden rings once lifted- an homage to Jordan's six championship rings.

More than a book, the Ultimate is a collector's artifact that embodies forty years of Greatness-an homage to a legend and a legacy that continues to inspire generations.

AUTHOR: Adam Bradley is the author or editor of multiple books, including The Anthology of Rap and the national bestseller One Day It'll All Make Sense, a memoir he wrote with the rapper and actor Common. He has written extensively about sports, sneaker culture, and design, contributing a chapter to Nike: Form Follows Motion and an essay celebrating Nike's 50th anniversary. As a writer at large for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, he writes about music, art, and popular culture. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a professor of English and African American Studies at UCLA. As founding director of UCLA's Laboratory for Race & Popular Culture (a.k.a. the RAP Lab), Adam pioneered the study of rap lyrics as poetry.

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Enclosed in a leather clamshell with Baroque-inspired embossing, designed by Jordan Brand Chief Design Officer, Jason Mayden, and echoing the laser graphics of the Air Jordan XX.

Imprint: Assouline
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 470mm, Width: 399mm, Spine: 94mm
ISBN: 9781649805270
ISBN 10: 1649805276
Publication Date: 01 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming