Book Club

Find Your Agency

Find Your Agency

“You’re our boss!” was my greeting after a two month absence from a project I was only assisting on. Lauren was the material designer that I’d offered advice to but...

Mindful

Good people do bad things. Bad people do good things. The world is complicated and so are people. My best friend growing up committed CTE related suicide at 21. We...

Owning Something

Owning Something

There’s an old joke about New York City that will always be true. New York City will be amazing when it’s finished. The joke leans on the constant construction and...

Who All Gone Be There?

Who All Gone Be There?

My high school graduating class was 90% Black and I went to college in Atlanta at the height of Freaknic. If I would have been given this photo before I...

Looking Back at Peach Jam

Looking Back at Peach Jam

Nike Peach Jam is the pinnacle of grassroots basketball. The event normally takes place in July, but due to the coronavirus it has been cancelled for 2020. Since we can't be part of the magic this year, I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane and visit some photos and a video from my archive.

Customer Service

Customer Service

(Dedicated to Jon Lopez, who I blame for everything) I’m writing this to stay busy. I’m waiting for my website domain to return home because I neglected to protect it...

Monetization Ain't Easy

Monetization Ain't Easy

The idea of being an entrepreneur has been made to look as sexy as being a designer. Media — big and small — have given the world an outsized presence in a world built for...

Taking Out the Trash

Taking Out the Trash

After reading 50–11 articles on what racism is and how racism works, your head starts to spin. The viewpoints of so many smart folk weighing in on hundreds of years...

Supermodels

My last trip to Beaverton was short. Two days of packed meetings and seeing faces I hadn’t seen in years. But I intentionally stopped to catch up with Tanya, Mike...

I Hate Running

My father was an amazing athlete. After running for the legendary track coach David Albritton he ran for the University of Michigan. After college he utilized sport as a way to stay...

Arrested Development

Arrested Development

The Jordan 3 had Steve Mellor. The Jordan 13 had Jim Grove. The Foamposite had Jeff Johnson. The Max Uptempo had Peter Lam. The Max+ 2009 had Bryan Ferris. The...

What Did I Design

What Did I Design

Some of My Best Friends are Lawyers If you see the 400 followers I have on social media you’ll see that I’m not doing it right. Or at least I’m not doing...

I’d Like to Speak to Your Manager

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 never...

Internal Reparations

Internal Reparations

The Burden of Responsibility Needs Compensation The two hundred folks on a call put together by Dr. D’Wayne Edwards was uplifting, even as just a fraction of the potential mind...

Five Years

Honestly, I didn’t really know Sandy Bodecker that well. He was a Nike legend far before I landed on campus in 1996 and I never worked on any of his...

Mr. Tony

“Meet us at 3:50. JJ’s place. Let’s go!” Tony explained before jumping off our Google Meet. Harlem Grown has partnered with Field Trip Harlem on Lenox and 116th to deliver...

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 have...

Thanks Mike

Three stories. Are You Stupid or Are You Dumb? I get to Nike in 1996 with an ounce of design skill. They measure by the ton. But I landed a...

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