Changethethought™

There is some tasty digital photo illustration work in the Behance portfolio of Portland-based designer/illustration Craig Sprecher. I had a pair of Spiz’ikes but I sold them on eBay when I needed some quick cash (damn).

written by Christopher | tags: Craig Sprecher, Graphic Design, Illustration, Nike, Portland

“An academy comprised of an international group of professionals. Our mission is to unite brands with original expression.” A collaboration from Subdisc and Suprb.

written by Aaron Ray | tags: history of flight, Nike, Subdisc, Suprb

This latest little set of images created by Hort for Nike’s Zoom Lebron VII campaign are stunningly awesome in their simplicity of execution and complexity of form. Beautiful. Hort can do no wrong.

written by Christopher | tags: Hort, Lebron, Nike, Zoom

I was really pleased to stumble upon some new type arrangements in the Behance-folio of Barcelona-based design studio Vanila BCN for Nike. Super cool and candy colored work.

written by Christopher | tags: Barcelona, Behance, Nike, Typography, Vanila BCN

Nike has a slick little micro-site up that is dedicated to finer moments of Michael Jordan’s career in basketball. It has a bit of a Nike slant as I am sure you would expect.

I am actually wearing the black, grey, red and white versions of the sneakers in the image above right this very second. The 89 Jordans and the 90’s were always my favorites.

written by Christopher | tags: Air Jordan, Michael Jordan, Nike, Sneakers

Directed by Carl Erik Rinsch, Expliot yourself talks about your own limits. The commercial was produced in Big Lazy Robot Visual Effects studio from February to May.

written by Michael Lonergan | tags: Big Lazy Robot, Exploit yourself, Nike, Pakour, The Runner

Ordinary Kids is an S.F. based graphic studio working in interactive, print, and brand development for some top lifestyle and skate brands. Always nice to see small companies doing such great work.

written by Aaron Ray | tags: adidas, Nike, ordinary kids

Updates at Small Deer, the portfolio of Manny Bernardez, design director with Nike. Really nice site with tons of great design and motion works.

written by Aaron Ray | tags: Manny Bernardez, Motion Graphics, Nike

Mother’s (the NYC branch) Associate Creative Director, Gui Borchert updates his website with a massive horizontal over vertical scroll of work.

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, Graphic Design, Gui Borchert, Mother, Nike

W&K Portland and Nike by manvsmagnet (a.k.a. Matt Smithson) of Curious Pictures have partnered to create this video for The Girl Effect. It’s a really simple animation that leans heavily on good writing to deliver what I think is a pretty powerful message. It’s very restrained but I think the simplicity actually helps deliver a stronger impact forcing you to read along and ingest the message.

written by Christopher | tags: Motion Graphics, Nike, The Girl Effect, W&K Portland

Eric Duvauchelle is the art director/designer behind SuperMoreBetter studio. Eric has done alot of the collateral design work for some of the best selling Nike products /programs in recent years. A lot of diverse work featured on the site.

written by Kris Fry | tags: Eric Duvauchelle, Nike, SuperMoreBetter

Andy J.Miller (Koma) is an American illustrator working and living in the UK. He has recently graduated the University of Huddersfield and with a re-vamped website and an inspiring new set of works to go with it, Andy is one to keep an eye on. Recently completing work for Impure Jazz and Nike with alot more on its way.

written by Jeff Bowman | tags: (RED), Design, Illustration, Music, Nike

Real? Fake? You decide. Pretty cool viral campaign for Kobe’s new kicks.

written by Adam Lorber | tags: Hyperdunks, Kobe, Nike

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the NBA Store’s flagship location in Manhattan, the NBA has unveiled a list of the top-selling basketball jerseys from the past 10 years. The list is as follows:

1. Michael Jordan
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Allen Iverson
4. Lebron James
5. Shaquille O’Neal
6. Tracy McGrady
7. Dwyane Wade
8. Jason Kidd
9. Vince Carter
10. Tim Duncan

Number 1 is Michael Jordan. Of the past 10 years, he only played in the league for three of those years, and yet his jersey still is # 1. Other thoughts about the list (both my thoughts and those of Darrin Rovell’s from CNBC); Shaq has played on 3 teams since 1998 (and a year or so earlier the Magic, which makes 4) and he comes in at #5.  Lebron has only been in the league for 5 years and is already the #4 selling jersey in the past 10 years. And Kobe and AI (#’s 2 and 3), despite run-ins with the law, still sell well.

In other MJ news, Nike iD now lets you customize your own pair of Jordan’s - the Jumpman Team Elite iD. They’ll cost ya $140 but are fully customizable. I’ve never been a fan of any of the Jordan sneakers (I prefer the Nike Dunk Low CL Pantone-inspired kicks) and other non-Nike brands, but the fact that you can now customize your own J’s is pretty cool. Although at that point, you can’t really call them Jordan’s anymore since he really didn’t wear or design your customized kicks.

Photo from Flickr.

written by Adam Lorber | tags: Michael Jordan, NBA, Nike