PYSCHEDELIC LAVA

for Nike

and Nike Sportswear

PYSCHADELIC LAVA

for Nike
and  Nike Sportswear

“Lava sold out on the SNKRS app before the actual launch day! Everyone LOVED the characters and the video. Your team is AMAZING!

KATIE PRICE

Creative Producer | Nike Sportswear

A psychedelic trip
worth taking

You know what makes for a trippy day? A little brand called Nike sliding into your DMs. That’s right. No door knocking. No cold calls. No pitching. Just a polite request for some creative magic for their Psychedelic Lava kicks.

The world’s most recognisable shoe brand? You may have heard of them?

Nike approached us after they saw Halloween Kitty – a team bonding exercise that started as a nice idea and took on a weird little life of its own.

The creative process for Halloween Kitty looked something like this:
1. “This is fun.”
2. “This feels like hard work.”
3. “Why did we do this?!”
Thankfully, the diversion paid off for us – quite literally – with the Nike collab.

Face melting, crystal caves

black light worlds and
spinning eyeballs ….

Inflatable unicorn horns
sell sneakers

Somehow this statement became true for us. First, a funny ad for an inflatable cat toy to make your kitty look evil. Next, rendering some fancy kicks.

Nike had seen our Halloween post and reached out to us to do something similar with the character printed inside their shoes. And look. We’re not going to play it cool: It was amazing.

A lovely reminder that sometimes it is worth investing in some creative/ experimental play for the fun of it.

Psychedelic Lava by Nike
Another nice idea made mighty

and the most decent human beings you’ll probably ever meet…

DIRECTOR

Darren Price

SENIOR PRODUCER

Tina Braham

JUNIOR PRODUCER

Diana Angelius

HEAD OF STUDIO

Jeremy Howdin

DESIGN

Bonnie Forsyth, Michael Shiao Chen

MODEL/SURFACE

Tessa Eden, William Harrison

2D ANIMATION

Bonnie Forsyth, Michael Shiao Chen, Tessa Eden, Duncan, MacLaren, Ella Sanderson, Georgette Stefoulis

3D ANIMATION

Duncan MacLaren

COMPOSITE

Darren Price

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