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The Facebook and Twitter Shoes You Can't Buy

Facebook says it’s not making a phone. Twitter says it’s not making a news service. But what if both companies were making… shoes?

And what if they were both working with Adidas?

Then maybe their kicks would look like this:

Alas! These are merely concept sketches, dreamed up Gerry McKay, a designer who is not working for Facebook, Twitter or the shoe company.

But still: Cool, right? And maybe Mark Zuckerberg will spring for a very limited production line, to be worn with employee-only hoodies.

(Hat tip to Fancy, via Geekologie, via BuzzFeed)


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  • http://www.youtube.com/iheartremix Lisa Moore

    oh, very cool, imagine if these were available for the holidays this year…too bad.

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