Nike teamed up with creative agency Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai to make a hilarious gift to the fans of the iconic sportswear brand and comic books. The creative unit collaborated with artist and animator Anthony Francisco Schepperd to make a vibrant graphic novel, which features the celebrated Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, “more than a flying man,” turned into a super hero of modern times.

On October 6, Nike invited Londoners to store 1948 to celebrate the launch of the new urban running season in London with a show dedicated to the highly innovative technologies used for the brand’s running kits in general and a new product in particular. The From Moon to Lunar event featured the giant optical installation of the latest technical running shoe, Lunar Eclipse+, and a story of Nike’s running collections.

The manufacturer of Chunks so adored by new-wave artists and performers, Converse is here again to pay tribute to music by launching a set of new initiatives focused on giving aspiring and acclaimed musicians from around the world a chance to demonstrate their moments of musical greatness to a wide audience. In India the brand is ‘hunting’ for the Original Band to give it a stage, in the U.S. the iconic shoe has launched a project dubbed Converse Rubber Tracks to open a free community-based recording studio in Brooklyn for the bands of different kinds of music ranging from punk to hip-hop to indie pop to rockabilly, and in the UK it is gathering renowned musicians for new creative collaborations.

Nike is going on promoting the urgent need for giving girls in developing countries more opportunities to get out of poverty. One of its initiatives, Girl Effect, is now being ‘refreshed’ with a new exciting video released. At this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference (September 21-23), Nike, the recognized influencer in the area of social changes, unveiled its second inspirational spot for the program, encouraging more people to join in, donate and give girls in deprived communities a chance for improving their lives.

Nike never misses a chance to get into big sport events: the new campaign by the brand has been kicked off to mark the launch of the new NFL season and pay tribute to those who make sport spectacular. The new promotional project, developed at Wieden+Kennedy Portland is revolving around the “Boom!” theme and features renowned athletes, school football teams and celebrities who starred in a series of 15-second spots.

Converse started its new Fall 2010 brand campaign entitled «The Procession» featuring product with the iconic Converse «Star Chevron» logo including the new Star Player Evo shoe. Developed to pay homage to legends of Converse’s past, present and future and to celebrate basketball along with the breadth of Converse product, the ad shines a light on the iconic Star Chevron mark and gives nod to its authentic connection to the worlds of sport, music and culture which has helped define Converse for decades.

This summer, Converse encouraged Philippine youth to share their creativity with the brand and public. No, it wasn’t about crowsourcing ideas for another commercial or a concept for a new ad campaign, which is now very popular among other brands. The new initiative was completely traditional—the footwear brand collaborated with young creative minds to present a huge exhibition of artworks, crafted from converse shoes or inspired by them.

Recently, Adidas invited the fans of its footwear to come to their Mega Diner and have a nice ‘sneaker’ meal. A similar idea became the basis of Nike’s new project, which was also ‘turning clothes into food’. Ahead of the MFNW 2010 music festival launched in Portland last Saturday, the iconic brand, which supported the event, teamed up with Bo Kwon, the owner of Koi Fusion, one of the first food trucks in the city, to treat customers to something very special.