Nike Air Jordan I metallic signed by Tinker Hatfield

Back in 2006 Tinker Hatfield and Michael came to Berlin for a press conference at the local 

Niketown. 
I was there to see the two legends and I also had a pair of OG Jordan 1 Metallics hoping to 

get them signed by Michael afterwards.

Unfortunately Mike left the building as soon as the conference was over but Tinker stuck 

around for a chat so I had the chance to meet the legend. 
He was giving an interview infront of an installation with many classic Jordan models while 

I waited to introduce myself. 

During the interview he mentioned the first Jordan and talked about some details on the shoe. 

The Interviewer did not quite understand what he meant and so Tinker asked if anyone 

had a Jordan 1 on their feet to show.
Nobody replied so I whipped out my Vintage pair and gave it to him for further description. 

His eyes lit up as he said „wow you got the special ones“ and as he continued talking he 

signed the shoes.
As soon as he finished the interview he turned to me and asked me where I got those gems 

from. We chatted for a few minutes, even got to take a picture together before he had to 

get on to his next appointment.

Happy 30th Anniversary Nike Air Max Pack!

I posted a video, which was only in german, so here are some things I am 
talking about in my last post.
The story of the Air Max 1 can’t be told without mentioning it’s designer 
Tinker Hatfield. Tinker studied at the University of Oregon, where he met 
Bill Bowerman, one of the founders of Nike. 

1981 he started working for Nike, but was originally designing displays and 
corporate building for the brand's Campus in Oregon. 
When Reebok hits the nerve of the aerobics trend with the release of the 
Freestyle, they suddenly surpass Nike in size. Nike is trying to upgrade their 
design and marketing department, so that Tinker Hatfield gets re-assigned 
to footwear design through a design contest in 1985. 
Within a short period time he becomes the lead designer an one of the first 
projects he is involved with is the Nike Air Max 1, which is released together 
with other models as the Air Max pack. 

The pack consisted of the Nike Air Trainer 1, which was made famous by 
tennis legend John McEnroe, the Nike Safari and the Nike Air Sock as well 
as the Nike Air Revolution, which was equipped, like the Air Max 1, with a 
visible Air bubble.

Until today the model has been a popular canvas for numerous 
collaborations.The colour and the shape of the Nike Air Max 1 has constantly 
changed slightly over the past three decades.

For it’s 30th anniversary, Nike showed some love for OG details and released 
an anniversary pack. Even the box is inspired by the original design and these 
booklets also used to be an accessory to every model sold.
The brand gives special attention to colour, shape and materials to keep these 
details as close to the original as possible.
In my oppinion, going in the right direction is already a success!

Today is Nike Air Max Day

Here a little history on the Nike Air Max 1, produced for and by Noizz
(only in german, sorry. I hope I can add english subtitles soon)

Jordan III and IV combined in the 3lab4

The 3Lab4 features the Air Jordan IV silhouette with the Jordan III's 
elephant print on an all-black upper. A release date hasn’t been set 
yet, but get's teased here

Genealogy of Innovation

In just under 2 minutes, we see 43 years and over 200 shoes showcasing 
Nike’s innovation and heritage. 

Genealogy of Innovation

Had some goodies in the mail yesterday!!!


Thank you Silk Relations for this great book from the 'Genealogy of Innovation' 
exhibition at the House of Phenomenal:

Genealogy of Innovation
1971-2014
Nike x Sneaker Freaker 

My personal favorite are Lindy's and Gary's contributions to this book.
Nice work guys!

How I Rock It

Post by How I Rock It.

The Prophecy

A lot of hype has been going on around the the release/auctioning of the
Nike Air Mag. Tons of infos, details and videis have been posted.
Here's a short lecture from Tinker Hatfield recorded in April, this year for one
of my favourite information sites on the WWW: "TED - ideas worth spreading",
sais it all!

Bo Knows

Tinker Hatfield Trainer

I am actually looking forward to these Air Maxim-Trainer-Hybrids,
although I think an Air Max 1 combination would have looked more
harmonious....
Coming soon