ARTIST SERIES — TAKU OBATA
Taku Obata
HAIST partners with selected artists to develop limited sneaker editions and accompanying artworks. For our inaugural Artist Series, we collaborated with Japanese artist Taku Obata.
Rooted in b-boy culture, Obata's dynamic sculptural vision extends naturally into sneaker design — bridging art, movement, and street culture.
THE COLLABORATION
Limited-edition CHASE colorway
An exclusive Taku Obata colorway of the CHASE sneaker, released as part of the Artist Series.
STICKIT zine
A limited-edition zine accompanying the drop, exploring the intersection of b-boy culture and sneaker design.
Buttai — Limited concrete edition
Buttai, meaning "object" in Japanese. A limited run of hand-crafted concrete sculptures by Taku Obata and HAIST.
