Nike and designer Virgil Abloh have opened a temporary NikeLab space in Chicago where architects and designers can host workshops with the local community.
The Re-Creation Center pop-up opens today at 673 North Michigan Ave. It offers the local youth mentoring and workshops, as well as access to exclusive Nike products.

Abloh, the founder of fashion brand Off-White, has hand-picked creatives to lead the educational programmes.
These include Ann Lui and Craig Reschke, founders of local architecture firm Future Firm; Thomas Kelley and Carrie Norman, founders of US firm Norman Kelley; fashion designer Alyx Harch; graphic designer Chuck Anderson; and photographer Paul Octavious.

Ten Chicago creatives will get to work with Abloh and the selected mentors for eight weeks, starting today and ending 28 July. It will culminate in the presentation of a final project by the students. Sign-ups for additional workshops will also be available via Nike's Snkrs applications.

Billed as a "power plant of a different kind", the temporary space is designed with a simple, industrial aesthetic.

It is divided into separate areas, including one for the store and the other for the workshops. A marbled grey flooring and industrial metallic shelves run throughout. The cabinets are used to store design materials and the exclusive Nike product, which will be made available to NikePlus members on the application.

The entrance to the space is wrapped by a wrinkled, papery material and tra...