Spunge and Rizzoli Drop New Osmosis Colorway to Celebrate Salehe’s New Book

Salehe Bembury has been busy. The designer with a million jobs has been dropping new colorways for Puma and Crocs while working on his own Spunge footwear line, and to round it all out, he dropped a new book with famed art publisher Rizzoli this week titled “I MAKE SHOES.” To mark his entry into the literary world, Bembury teamed up with his book’s publisher for a collaborative colorway of the new Spunge Osmosis.

The Rizzoli x Spunge Osmosis is a study in grey, covering the bulbous runner in soft steel from the Squish Tech midsole to the mesh upper. A Rizzoli logo is featured on the toebox inside one of the oval panels, with the Spunge star logo on the side panel. The only bit of contrasting color from the grey is a cream-colored outsole that keeps the sophisticated look. To bring out the first Sponge collab, Bembury tapped Charles Miers, the publisher and editorial director of Rizzoli, for an editorial shoot in his office.