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They asked Davidson to design a stripe (industry term for a shoe logo) that "had something to do with movement". Davidson worked on her ideas by drawing on a piece of tissue over a drawing of a shoe. [6] She gave him five different designs, one of which was the Swoosh [7] which resembles a wing and hints at Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. [8]
Swoosh. The "Swoosh" logo. The Swoosh is the logo of American sportswear designer and retailer Nike. Today, it has become one of the most recognizable brand logos in the world, and the most valuable, having a worth of $26 billion alone. [1][2] Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Nike on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). [3]
Nike Air Force 1 - Low-Top. Nike Air Force 1 - High-Top. Nike Air Force 1 - upper side and under side. Nike Air Force is a range of athletic shoes made by Nike. It was created by designer Bruce Kilgore [1] and was the first basketball shoe to use Nike's "Air" technology. [2] The shoe is offered in low-, mid- and high-top styles.
The Air Force 1 kept its original form and features, with the deconstruction occurring on the tongue and the laces. Abloh removed the signature Nike Swoosh logo that is placed on both the inner and outer section of the outside of the shoe and restitched in the same original place, showing all the stitches.
Sylvia Fowles wearing Nike LeBron 15 Air Max (2018). M. Frank Rudy, an aeronautical engineer, first brought the idea of an air-cushioned sole to Nike in 1977.In 1979, he patented a design using polyurethane sacs filled with pressurized inert gas, and Nike has been using some version of this design ever since.
Bill Bowerman. William Jay Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. [1] Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-Americans, 12 American record-holders, 22 NCAA champions and 16 sub- 4 minute milers. [2]
Tinker Linn Hatfield Jr. (born April 30, 1952) is an American designer of numerous Nike athletic shoe models, including the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 15, the twentieth-anniversary Air Jordan XX, the Air Jordan XXIII, the 2010 (XXV), the 2015 Air Jordan XX9 (XXIX), and other athletic sneakers including the world's first "cross training" shoes, the Nike Air Trainer.
Raymond Loewy. Raymond Loewy (/ ˈloʊi / LOH-ee, French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ levi]; [2] November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949.