Nike Football Boots

Name: Nike Football Boots
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ISBN: 9781837291496

Caleb Azumah Nelson, Thomas Turner, Eleanor Watson , Claudia Cándano de la Peza

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Phaidon Press Ltd
07 April 2026

Individual designers; Fashion & textiles: design; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Nike Football Boots explores the mythology surrounding generations of footballers and the boots they wear. It uncovers the stories behind boots worn by such superstars as Liverpool legend Ian Rush, Brazilian striker Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima, emerging icon Mbappe, and USWNT stars Megan Rapinoe and Mia Hamm (the only footballer with a signature boot), to name only a few. Kicking off in the 1970s, at the beginning of Nike s football journey, the book charts the history of their football footwear, from the all-black leather boots introduced in 1971 (the first of any shoe to feature the famous swoosh) to the present day, through the four key product lines that encapsulate their design ethos: Tiempo, Mercurial, Total 90, and Phantom.

With more than 500 images, including boot close-ups, on-feet, concepts, posters and advertising, film screenshots, material swatches, sketches, prototypes and ephemera from Nike s archive, and a 16-page glossy insert displaying all the boots that Nike have ever produced, this is the ultimate book for every fan and collector. Celebrated author Caleb Azumah Nelson sets the scene for each chapter, while historian Thomas Turner explores the technical innovations behind each boot, and journalist Elly Watson s introduction puts Nike s football design operation in context. This unprecedented volume presents the story of how football boots become part of public consciousness, in which performance and fandom combine, and the items worn are as iconic as those who wear them.

By: Caleb Azumah Nelson, Thomas Turner
Afterword by: Claudia Cándano de la Peza
Introduction by: Eleanor Watson
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 205mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.200kg
ISBN: 9781837291496
ISBN 10: 1837291497
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Caleb Azumah Nelson is a British Ghanaian writer and photographer. His first novel, Open Water, won the Costa First Novel Award and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, and was a number one Times bestseller. Thomas Turner is a historian, writing and working in London, UK. He is the author of The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion, and is Associate Lecturer, Cultural and Historical Studies at London College of Fashion. Eleanor Watson is a curator and academic specializing in design and sustainable museology. She curated the Football: Designing the Beautiful Game exhibition at the Design Museum in London, which opened in 2022.