Nike x Lil Yachty
US Force 1

(24)
ComplexCon 2024
Las Vegas NV
(11)
November
16th + 17th
(04)
Concrete Boys
It’s Us®

To launch Lil Yachty and The Concrete Boy’s first collab with Nike, the US FORCE 1 sneaker, we activated at ComplexCon 2024.

Instead of inviting fans to shop the drop we designed a display that housed hundreds of concrete shoe boxes design to physically be smashed open. Each smash revealed a prize, including the coveted sneakers themselves.

Our activation became the experience of the weekend that everyone had to film and post. And interest around the new approach and art direction resulted in earned media that broke out of the convention’s four walls and echoed across the internet.

Clio MusicWatch the case studyThe US Force 1 heel: a white Air Force 1 with a navy embroidered mallet-swinging figure and the Concrete Boys truck mark on the heel tabLil Yachty and the Concrete Boys in navy Concrete Boys work suits, in a wood-panelled room
A fan in a hard hat, arms up, at the smash table, Lil Yachty grinning behind, in black and whiteEight stills of concrete shoe boxes being smashed open
Merch sheet, labelled: Construction Goggles (red, It’s Us), Hard Hat (white, with the Swoosh and Concrete Boys), Single Run Merch (a black rubber mallet), Concrete Boy Hoodie (cream, a wheelbarrow figure on the back), Work Suit (navy Concrete Boys coveralls), Swoosh Tee (white, It’s Us)
Lil Yachty holding a pair of US Force 1s over the crowdA collage of Instagram posts and stories from ComplexCon: the It’s Us truck, fans holding the US Force 1, Complex Style’s “The Best of ComplexCon 2024: brand booths, exclusive drops, new discoveries, and more”, and Nike Sportswear asking “Who else could have pulled up this weekend in a concrete truck?”Lil Yachty and friends in front of the It’s Us concrete truck
Two US Force 1s on clear stands inside a smashed concrete display, the It’s Us wall behind
Behind the scenes: sketches of the concrete display on paper and iPad, material references, the pedestal render, the It’s Us brick wall render, the mallet figure, the Concrete Boys truck door (1-800-It’s Us), and the It’s Us truck on a desert road