{"id":7799,"date":"2018-01-25T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:03:27","slug":"michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Lau s'associe \u00e0 PUMA pour cr\u00e9er un chef-d'\u0153uvre"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a>\/\n        Michael Lau s'associe \u00e0 PUMA pour cr\u00e9er un chef-d'\u0153uvre\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_H1.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sportstyle\/\">Sportstyle<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmichael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmichael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmichael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >Un pour la collection<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Michael Lau s'associe \u00e0 PUMA pour cr\u00e9er un chef-d'\u0153uvre<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">25 janvier 2018 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Michael Lau Joins PUMA To Create A Masterpiece&quot;, \"text\": &quot;\\u201eThe Godfather\\u201c of urban vinyl toys.\\nThat\\u2019s what they call Hong Kong based artist Michael Lau.\\n\\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sportstyle\/michael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmichael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsportstyle%2Fmichael-lau-joins-puma-create-masterpiece%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">\u201eLe parrain des jouets urbains en vinyle.<\/span>\n<span class=\"textStyle_intro\">C'est ainsi qu'on appelle l'artiste Michael Lau, bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Hong Kong.<\/span>\n<span class=\"textStyle_intro\"><\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Connu dans le monde entier pour ses figurines de jouets design \u00e0 collectionner et ses illustrations de style graffiti, Lau s'associe aujourd'hui \u00e0 PUMA pour sa collaboration avec la marque de sport allemande.<\/strong>\n<strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Transposant sa brillante technique \u00e0 la Suede, cette \u00e9dition sp\u00e9ciale est l'une des nombreuses \u00e9ditions de la sneaker embl\u00e9matique, ann\u00e9e marquant son 50e anniversaire.<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/>Anim\u00e9 d'une passion ininterrompue pour le dessin depuis son enfance, Michael Lau a perc\u00e9 \u00e0 la fin du si\u00e8cle dernier. <strong>\u201cC'est lorsque j'ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 produire des chiffres que le public m'a consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un v\u00e9ritable artiste. C'\u00e9tait vers 1999. 1999 - 2000, c'est probablement le moment o\u00f9 tout a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se mettre en place,<\/strong>\u201d Lau se souvient.<br\/>\n<br\/>En \u00e9coutant attentivement les propos de Lau, il appara\u00eet rapidement que <strong>cette collaboration devait se faire<\/strong>. <strong>\u201cMon lien avec la PUMA Suede est que je fais partie de cette g\u00e9n\u00e9ration. La marque c\u00e9l\u00e8bre son 50e anniversaire, ce qui signifie que nous avons tous \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s le m\u00eame \u00e2ge.\u201c<\/strong>.<br\/>\n<br\/>Son approche du design est aussi cr\u00e9ative et unique que les \u0153uvres d'art qu'il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par le pass\u00e9 et qui ont fait sa renomm\u00e9e, et elle permet de doter le daim d'une silhouette unique en son genre.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_G1.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/><strong>La PUMA x Michael Lau \u201cSample Suede\u201d n'est pas destin\u00e9e au grand public et attire assur\u00e9ment l'attention.<\/strong>, Les mod\u00e8les de baskets que les marques produisent comme mod\u00e8les pour la production ou qu'elles envoient \u00e0 des ic\u00f4nes du sport pour des tests finaux sont une source d'inspiration. <strong>\u201cLa plupart du temps, lorsque je con\u00e7ois un mod\u00e8le de baskets, il ne conviendra pas \u00e0 tout le monde. Je les consid\u00e8re plut\u00f4t comme des produits \u00e0 collectionner. Je suppose que c'est parce que je les aborde comme des \u0153uvres d'art\u201d.\u201d<\/strong> Lau s'interroge.<br\/>\n<br\/>Vous ne pouvez en aucun cas superviser la <strong>la passion qui a pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 au processus de conception<\/strong>. Des d\u00e9tails en cours de fabrication, comme les diff\u00e9rentes nuances de gris soigneusement s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9es, la finition en zigzag de l'\u00e9chantillon de tissu le long de la bande de forme, du la\u00e7age et de la languette, donnent l'impression d'\u00eatre \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur de la maison. <strong>\u201cExemple de daim\u201d<\/strong> que <strong>aspect prototypique<\/strong>.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_H2.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><br\/>Cependant, Lau n'en a pas fini et r\u00e9serve d'autres surprises aux amateurs de baskets et aux fans du chat bondissant avec son <strong>cr\u00e9ation compl\u00e9mentaire \u201cWorth Cat\u201d<\/strong>. Cette figurine autographi\u00e9e en \u00e9dition limit\u00e9e s'inspire de la forme de l'\u00e9tiquette de l'\u00e9chantillon et du chat embl\u00e9matique de PUMA. Chaque figurine repr\u00e9sente l'une des sept teintes utilis\u00e9es sur la sneaker et arbore diff\u00e9rentes expressions.<br\/>\n<br\/>Tout comme les \u0153uvres d'art de Michael Lau, <strong>La PUMA Suede est devenue la d\u00e9finition d'un classique de la sneaker, accompagnant et inspirant les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de toutes les \u00e9poques depuis les ann\u00e9es 1970.<\/strong> - ou, comme le dit le cr\u00e9ateur du \u201cSample Suede\u201d :<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><p>C'est un classique comme moi aujourd'hui. Elle \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 l\u00e0 quand j'\u00e9tais jeune, elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rante dans la formation de la jeunesse et de la culture de la rue, et elle est toujours l\u00e0. Je dirais que cela rend la Suede assez classique.<\/p>\n<br\/><br\/>Michael Lau<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Michael Lau<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"text-style-1\">Ann\u00e9e de naissance<\/span> <span class=\"text-style-4\">1970<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-style-1\">Lieu de naissance<\/span> <span class=\"text-style-4\">Hong Kong<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-style-1\">Nationalit\u00e9<\/span> <span class=\"text-style-4\">Chinois de Hong Kong<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-style-1\">Alma Mater<\/span> <span class=\"text-style-4\">Design First Institute of Art<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-style-1\">Style<\/span> <span class=\"text-style-4\">Pop Art, Pop Surr\u00e9alisme<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnNarrow spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Narrow;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_M1.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\u201cM\u00eame les plus petites choses peuvent avoir un impact. Le plus important est d'attendre que ces choses se produisent.\u201d -Michael Lau<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201eLe parrain des jouets urbains en vinyle.<br \/>\nC'est ainsi qu'on appelle l'artiste Michael Lau, bas\u00e9 \u00e0 Hong Kong.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":9311,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"class_list":["post-7799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportstyle"],"fullData":{"ID":7799,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2018-01-25 17:13:02","post_date_gmt":"2018-01-25 16:13:02","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_H1.jpg\",\"filesize\":72021,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Michael-Lau_H1-300x168.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":9807},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Michael-Lau_H1-1024x575.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":90790},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Michael-Lau_H1-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":4857},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Michael-Lau_H1-768x431.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":49381},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"Michael-Lau_H1-18x10.jpg\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":317}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":7801,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Michael-Lau_H1.jpg\",\"title\":\"Michael-Lau_H1\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"One for the Collection\",\"content\":\"Michael Lau Joins PUMA To Create A Masterpiece\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003e\u201eThe Godfather\u201c of urban vinyl toys.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eThat\u2019s what they call Hong Kong based artist Michael Lau.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003e\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cstrong class=\\u0022textStyle_description\\u0022\\u003eWorld-renowned for his collectible designer toy figures and graffiti-style illustrations, Lau now teams up with PUMA for his collaboration with the German sports brand.\\u003c\/strong\\u003e\\n\\u003cstrong class=\\u0022textStyle_description\\u0022\\u003eTranslating his brilliant technique to the Suede, this special release is one of many editions of the iconic sneaker, year marking it\u2019s 50th anniversary.\\u003c\/strong\\u003e\\n\",\"width\":\"Wide\",\"aspect\":\"0\",\"style\":\"2b\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;With an unbroken joy in drawing ever since he was a child, Michael Lau had his breakthrough at the end of last\u2019s century. \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;\u201cIt was when I started putting out figures when the public considered me as a real artist. This was around 1999. 1999 \u2013 2000 was probably when it all started coming together,\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\u201d Lau remembers.\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;Listening closely to Lau\u2019s words, it soon becomes clear that \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;this collaboration was meant to be\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;. \\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;\u201cMy connection to the PUMA Suede is that I am from that generation. 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