Our pals in Barcelona at ROJO just launched a new book called ROJOair, a special 160 pager done in collaboration with Nike. They selected artists to interpret the brand, creating original artwork for the best known American sports brand around.…
Continue Reading →Easily one of the most recognizable symbols in the world, the Nike Swoosh was originally designed by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student that Phil Knight offered to pay a couple of bucks an hour and see if she could…
Continue Reading →Our good pals over at +41 recently took a swing designing their own interpretation of the Nike Airmax 1, a timeless classic. The tongue and insole of each sneaker has a pair of cartoon eyes looking back at the viewer--…
Continue Reading →The name Michael Lau may not ring a bell to most of you, but it is a name you should probably know. Lau is a famous Hong Kong artist whose vinyl toys, artwork and past collaborations with Sony and soon…
Continue Reading →Now, I am sure most of you are thinking the same thing, did MC Hammer have a garage sale or something? But, don't jump to conclusions just yet. When Darren Romanelli was just a college student he would go to…
Continue Reading →Nike is holding what appears to be a fairly massive exhibition at Nike Town in London in celebration of '30 Years of Air Technology'. This month long interactive exhibition on air will function almost like a science museum where visitors…
Continue Reading →This Saturday, August 12, Seattle Art Studio OkOk will be hosting Oregon artist Adam Haynes' "Walks with Evad", his first gallery showing. Haynes recently finished the illustrations for the NKE 6.0 campaign and Nike actually built the car he illustrated…
Continue Reading →With the competition in visual arts getting tougher and tougher, it’s nice to see that the guys at Bang Bang Studios still bring their A-game. Launched by creative heads Rick Morris and Luca Giannettoni in 2003, B B’s work is…
Continue Reading →The new collection from Kenzo Minami is here and it's lookin' good! Minami, a former set designer and Parsons School of Design graduate, has worked with XLR8R, Reebok, Flaunt Magazine, and was the first artist commissioned for Nike's Art Project…
Continue Reading →I told Al Cabino, self proclaimed sneaker activist, that when he got close to 10,000 signatures, I'd help push him over the edge. If you're unfamiliar with Al's petition-- it was started to get Nike to release the futuristic shoes…
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