Book Club

Intersectionality is a Shared Responsibility

Intersectionality is a Shared Responsibility

Early in my design career I learned to be an advocate for myself. Just because people say that they are supportive of you doesn’t mean that they will actually do...
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What Did I Design

What Did I Design

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 it for the internet fame. My primary...
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One Smile at a Time

One Smile at a Time

2020 will be a year to remember. A lot of us don't know what the near future has in store. So I came outside with a mission. To make people smile.
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The New Normal

The New Normal

Slowly but surely, New Yorkers have been adjusting to our New Normal. After spending most of the spring quarantined, the summer opened up a lot of opportunities for us to...
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Telling Stories with the New York Knicks

Telling Stories with the New York Knicks

Teaming up with the New York Knicks was something I dreamt of growing up. So when I was able to help the team craft and shape its narrative for a...
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Shook Ones

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 highs and...
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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...
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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. 

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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...
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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...
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2016 on Rewind

2016 on Rewind

In 2016 I had the seedling of an idea and I collected some video clips throughout the season. This was a rough cut I threw together to give the idea...
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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...
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Supermodels

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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Five Years

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...
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Be Water

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...
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