Book Club

  1. From Sketch to Launch

    In January of 2020 I finished a 2-day trip to Beijing. Our team was asked to work on iconic product for Xtep, a growing Chinese brand. The recen...
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  2. Jay Spinks, Visual Artist

    Many of us wear multiple hats, whether they be professional, familial, or otherwise. It takes a special person to go out and live their dreams whil...
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  3. Shook Ones

    For the past three weeks I’ve had an oasis of conversation that I didn’t know I needed until I had it. For almost twenty years I’ve shared the hig...
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  4. I’d Like to Speak to Your Manager

    I am the youngest born son of a public school teacher. I was 18 before I found myself in a world that I needed to explain myself. Confidence was ne...
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  5. Be Water

    Funny to think that no one was interested in the relaunch of the Huarache in 2010, so we Trojan Horsed a FREE pack. In a big corporation you still ...
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  6. Are You Directing, Managing or Both?

    As a design director at Nike I fully understood my role. There were shoes to design, branding to maintain, expense reports to sign and marketing...
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