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		<title>Adidas Travels to a Galaxy Far, Far Away with New Star Wars Collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Frappier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally wrote this blog post for Beyond Madison Avenue.
&#8211;
In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, nerdy is the new sexy.
Don&#8217;t believe me? Just look at how much nerd culture has spilled over into mainstream society in the past decade. From movies (&#8220;The Dark Knight&#8221; showed superheroes could be serious, while James Cameron&#8217;s epic &#8220;Avatar&#8221; showed space opera [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">I originally wrote this blog post for <a href="http://www.talentzoo.com/beyond_madison_ave/news.php/Adidas-Travels-to-a-Galaxy-Far-Far-Away-/?articleID=6566">Beyond Madison Avenue</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&#8211;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">In case you haven&#8217;t noticed, nerdy is the new sexy.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don&#8217;t believe me? Just look at how much nerd culture has spilled over into mainstream society in the past decade. From movies (&#8220;The Dark Knight&#8221; showed superheroes could be serious, while James Cameron&#8217;s epic &#8220;Avatar&#8221; showed <a href="http://screenrant.com/avatar-is-an-epic-success-rob-39881/">space opera is a billion-dollar genre</a>) to video games (&#8220;Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2&#8243; recently <a href="http://gamerant.com/modern-warfare-2-banks-1-billion-dollar-sale-robk-6180/">eclipsed the $1 billion mark</a>) to the widespread adoption of social media technology (if Facebook were a country, it would be the third-biggest country in the world), things traditionally associated with geeks have become mainstream.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The latest example comes courtesy of Adidas. Recently, the company rolled out the Star Wars Collection as part of its ongoing Originals series.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To kick off the campaign, which features a collection of pretty awesome &#8220;<a href="http://www.starwars.com/vault/collecting/news20091208/">Star Wars&#8221;-themed shoes and apparel</a>, Adidas put out a star-studded commercial featuring professional soccer player David Beckham, rapper Snoop Dog, and famed music group Daft Punk.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">You can check out the commercial below.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">While I don&#8217;t think the spot is particularly effective (What does stickball have to do with &#8220;Star Wars&#8221;?), I was impressed by the dance remix of &#8220;The Imperial March&#8221; and the mysterious appearance of Daft Punk at the end of the commercial.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What do you think? Would you buy anything in the Star Wars Collection? Personally, I&#8217;m digging those Luke Skywalker kicks.</p>


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