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Are You Directing, Managing or Both?

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 briefs to ignore. I’m kidding. Kind of....
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Getting in the Game

Getting in the Game

Without question there will be 6,453 versions of everything that happened at Nike at any given point. 72% of these stories are true. It’s all perspective. I say this because...
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Future Archives

Future Archives

That’s my grandfather on the far right. He was part of a semi-pro Negro League team sponsored by National Cash Register. This photo was taken during a holiday donation at...
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Scared Money Don't Make Money

Scared Money Don't Make Money

Ugly shoes and skinny jeans had the same cycle as retro shoes and expensive denim. Large waves start out as small ripples with a lot of pushback. Thanks to the...
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Mass Production on a Human Scale

Mass Production on a Human Scale

Seeing the People in the Sea of People Large scale production can be daunting. On my first trip to Asia in 1997, the lead engineer in Indonesia took me to...
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Sponsorship

Sponsorship

Beyond Mentoring Yesterday a very talented designer sent me this podcast. With a heartfelt text she simply said “Thank You.” Of course I replied sarcastically because I’m not good with...
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Don't Tread on Me

Don't Tread on Me

Designing for Everlane In the Fall of 2017 the folks at Frame introduced me to the CEO of an online retailer I’d never heard of. Michael Preysman started Everlane in...
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Front & Center

Front & Center

FC Harlem’s Director Can’t Hide from the Spotlight The month of February was historical for the football club in Harlem that is polite-fully bucking the US soccer system. The pay-to-play...
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Thanksgiving with the Knicks

Thanksgiving with the Knicks

Giving back is different when you're watching 6' 7" guys handing out turkey and stuffing. Chef's kiss!
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One Peachy Moment

One Peachy Moment

Thank you to the extraordinary and super talented team I was able to collaborate with to bring my vision that was years in the making to fruition.  
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LJ and Kevin Weekes with Marcus

LJ and Kevin Weekes with Marcus

Cooking up something interesting at Red Rooster in Harlem.
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