Nike : Stash and More Paint Murals for Nike’s New NYC Garage

'Art is often a great way to bring soul into a building,' explains Todd Van Horne, VP and Creative Director, Nike Special Projects. 'With these murals, we want to celebrate New York City's sport culture -with street basketball and hip-hop culture as inspiration.'

The artists commissioned for the garage present a range of styles. There are some, like Stash, who play with pattern, while others, including Chino BYI, explore the creative potential of lettering. Of course, several also share unmistakable illustrative styles, and at the NYC Garage, these examples all serve to capture the spirit and energy of basketball. Many of the assembled artists have also contributed to Nike's history - notably through product collaboration - and extend not only a reminder of NYC's influence on the brand, but the brand's regular interaction with the global street art community as well.

'It's diversity at its best,' says Van Horne. 'There's no one artist who paints the same way. One of my favorites is Paola [Delfin] from Mexico City, [who] painted these amazing basketball players on the wall with a very distinctive style.'

Ed. Note: Another mural, by Mad C, will be painted in the coming weeks.