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Beyond the borders of Paris – the glamorous and sometimes boringly sleek French capital – there is an exceptionally vibrant creative energy pulsing from the so-called banlieue districts. In context of these banlieues, art is both a means of self-expression and an opportunity to illustrate the problems one sees in attempting to make these voices heard. Together with Sabukaru, we look to understand how ASICS permeated France’s peripheries and the brand’s value for such revolutionary local communities.