{"id":39094,"date":"2026-08-18T13:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/jordan-free-the-youth-en-footdistrict-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T11:19:42","slug":"jordan-free-the-youth-en-footdistrict-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/jordan-free-the-youth-en-footdistrict-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan & Free The Youth at FOOTDISTRICT Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

We celebrate the launch of the collaboration between Jordan and Free The Youth by transforming the FOOTDISTRICT Barcelona location into a visual expression of the Ghanaian collective\u2019s distinctive vision.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Free The Youth is a cultural platform born in Accra, Ghana, that has successfully translated the energy of its community into a global language. Founded by a group of young creatives, FTY moves between fashion, art, and visual storytelling, building bridges between Africa and the rest of the world through an authentic aesthetic deeply connected to its surroundings.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Its relationship with Jordan Brand comes from a natural shared vision: both go beyond the product itself, understanding sport and culture as drivers of change and self-expression. The Air Jordan 16 x Free The Youth collaboration represents this dialogue, reinterpreting the silhouette through the lens of contemporary African identity while projecting it towards the future.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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To celebrate the launch, FOOTDISTRICT Barcelona hosts a space dedicated to Free The Youth and the Jordan 16, where the experience goes beyond the sneaker. A place to discover the FTY universe in the city, inviting visitors to explore not only a silhouette, but everything it represents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

An activation connecting Barcelona and Accra, reaffirming the power of stories when they are told from within.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We celebrate the launch of the collaboration between Jordan and Free The Youth by transforming the FOOTDISTRICT Barcelona location into a visual expression of the Ghanaian collective\u2019s distinctive vision. Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-projects"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39097,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39094\/revisions\/39097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39094"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=39094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}