{"id":46536,"date":"2022-09-28T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=46536"},"modified":"2022-09-28T18:11:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T10:11:53","slug":"junya-watanabe-man-tokyo-design-studio-new-balance-niobium-concept-2-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/09\/28\/junya-watanabe-man-tokyo-design-studio-new-balance-niobium-concept-2-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Junya Watanabe Man x Tokyo Design Studio New Balance Niobium Concept 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest team-up between Junya Watanabe and New Balance is finally arriving. The Japanese label&#8217;s take on Tokyo Design Studio&#8217;s Niobium Concept 2 sandals has kept fans in anticipation since its first sightings on the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/06\/28\/best-sneaker-collabs-from-ss23-fashion-shows\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris runway<\/a>. Tokyo Design Studio (TDS) is New Balance&#8217;s Japanese design unit with a focus on innovation and has given us creations such as the highly-regarded <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2022\/06\/27\/release-stone-island-new-balance-rc-elite-2022-new-colorway-energy-lime\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RC Elite collab with Stone Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Niobium Concept 2, TDS&#8217;s version of a hiking sandal-mule hybrid, has previously received a makeover via their partnership with hiking brand Snow Peak. With Junya Watanabe, an imprint under the <span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">Comme des Gar\u00e7ons<\/span><\/span><\/span> group of brands, the Niobium Concept 2 has gotten even cooler.<\/p>\n<p>The Junya Watanabe CdG Man x TDS Niobium Concept 2 is outfitted in premium leather in full black, with the only colors being the NB and Vibram logos at the magnetic buckle and midsole. Junya Watanabe&#8217;s mark can be seen on the heel strap printed with the text &#8220;JWCdGMAN&#8221; and insole featuring the brand&#8217;s signature blue.<\/p>\n<p>The features that made the Niobium Concept 2 a stand-out have been kept unchanged\u2014from the removable heel straps, Fresh Foam X meets Vibram Mega Grip sole unit, to the reflective strip on the mudguard.<\/p>\n<p>This pair of Junya Watanabe CdG Man x Tokyo Design Studio Niobium Concept 2 marks the longtime collaborators&#8217; first venture into Gorpcore and will drop on 1 October in Japan at a retail price of JPY64,900 (~ US$449).<\/p>\n<p>In other sneaker-related news, the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/category\/latest-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Nu Retro 1 Low returns in true &#8220;Chicago&#8221; style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"\u201c300\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp 970w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-768x238.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-282x87.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the longtime collaborators&#8217; first venture into Gorpcore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":46553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-new-balance","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46536"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46761,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46536\/revisions\/46761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}