Converse Shows Three Artist-Designed Chuck 70 X Sneakers at Shanghai Import Expo

The artists used Shanghai’s skyline, local dialect and magnolia blossoms as design references. For Nanjing, they drew on the city’s literary history and the traditional craft of mounting works of art.

In a LinkedIn post, Amy Yang, general manager of Converse China, wrote that “each design brings a distinctive local culture to the Converse canvas.” She described the company’s Creator X program as “opening the Converse canvas to Chinese designers and artists”. The Chuck 70 X made its global debut in China in June.

Converse adapted the shape of the shoe for a regional fit and revised the cushioning.