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When you think of sneaker designers, the first name that almost always comes up is Tinker Hatfield. The University of Oregon Architecture alum turned designer for Nike has created some...Read More

Tinker Hatfield presented Michael Jordan with two choices for the “Olympic” Air Jordan 7 – a white-based colorway and a navy blue look. MJ chose the white version. &...Read More

Kobe Bryant‘s historic 20-year career has drawn to a close, but the Lakers legend will continue to work with Nike to develop athlete-driven products. To that end, his first post-...Read More

If you’ve stored away any long-standing conundrums, design questions or curiosities when it comes to Air Jordans, Air Mags or any of the greatest Nike sneakers (many he created),...Read More

When Michael Jordan was laced up in Air Jordan 13 throughout the 1997-98 season, it’s a good bet that not many people were imagining the panther-inspired kicks with gold spikes o...Read More

How time flies. On May 7, 1995, Michael Jordan made arguably the biggest sneaker debut in history. Lacing up what essentially was a wear test pair – to Tinker Hatfield’s ch...Read More

Through the fog of the University of Michigan’s tenure with adidas, it might be easy to forget that UM and Nike were inextricably at one time. In the early 1990s, the school̵...Read More

Since Tinker Hatfield revealed that he designed Air Jordan 11 Low IE as a summertime sneaker without the girding of patent leather, the shoe has taken on somewhat of a new identity. In...Read More

Let’s face it – Air Jordans will never go out of style. The designs created by Tinker Hatfield and the crew at Nike and Jordan Brand throughout the years have been instant ...Read More

When Tinker Hatfield took over designing the Air Jordan line in 1987, one of the first things he did was bring Michael Jordan directly into the ideation process. After all, Jordan was ...Read More

Tinker Hatfield introduced speed lacing to the Jordan line with Air Jordan 9 in 1993, where one pull tightens the eyerow and gets you back on the court in seconds. That idea continues ...Read More

Usually social media posts from celebrities like Mark Wahlberg will show one or two pairs of the ultra exclusive Oregon Ducks x Air Jordan colorways. But not even Marky Mark and his fa...Read More

Michael Jordan’s alma mater North Carolina is front and center this summer. Air Jordan 11 Low “UNC” combines the clean layout of Tinker Hatfield’s masterpiece d...Read More

Air Jordan XXX “Cosmos” arrived in July 2016 as a very limited edition release to coincide with the Quai 54 streetball tournament. he colorway was inspired by Tinker Hatfie...Read More

The OG that wasn’t. Air Jordan 6 “Alternate” is the next in line for Jordan Brand’s series that has brought back colorways that almost became original releases ...Read More