Skateboarding shoe brand Vans has dropped its Vans Skateboarding x Daniel Johnston Collection in partnership with the nonprofit Hi, How Are You Project to raise awareness and resources for mental health.
Working directly with Johnston's friends and family, and the nonprofit organisation founded in his honour, Vans was inspired to create a head-to-toe collection celebrating the artist and musician's work as a mental health advocate and his iconic cassette-tape artwork.
The brand says it believes in the power of skateboarding as a creative outlet and the profound impact it can have on mental well-being.
"The Vans Skateboarding x Daniel Johnston collection reinforces this sentiment, featuring some of the original and well-recognised hand drawn illustrations that Johnston created for his early cassette tapes, and then handed out to friends and strangers to uplift and inspire," it says.
"The artwork on the shoes features a Checkerboard created from these drawings, as well as the same gritty execution from his art,"
The Skate SK8-Hi in raven features Johnston's classic hand-drawn cassette covers collaged as a custom Vans' Checkerboard pattern on the quarter.
The Skate Authentic in antique white and Skate Slip-on in raven are each accompanied by the musician's signature illustrations in black and white, with Johnston's most notable character, Jeremiah the Frog, and his most recognised album, Hi, How Are You printed across the sidewall and upper.
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