Virgil Abloh, 2021

Complete with 3D models and NFT mockups, the Skyscraper PDF feels like a piece of art itself, telling the story of Abloh’s passion for the next iteration of internet technologies and digital ownership. And while the world may never see the fruits of Abloh’s labor become reality, the proposal serves as a reminder to a creative genius taken far too soon.

“What I have running in my head is to start a real-life, digital museum. For it to become an institution where the currency used in that space is my unique social token,” Abloh wrote in the proposal’s preface. And, as noted on page 24 of the PDF, “We’ve entered ‘SKYSCRAPER’ space. A place that isn’t bounded by the gallery space, but buried in the culture and on the street.”

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“SKYSCRAPER”