The Air Max 1 is the perfect shoe for prosperity during the New Year celebrations. Inspired by traditional Chinese ceramics, the whole family represents a fun New Year event surrounding the dining table. Ceramic bowls are often considered to bring God’s favor. Similarly, the upper of this shoe uses multiple materials, featuring Chinese dragon and flower motifs, engravings and geometric patterns, as…
The Air Max 1 updates the legendary design with fresh colors and details inspired by New York City’s Chinatown. Featuring the same lightweight cushioning of the OG, it includes the Chollima (a prominent character in Chinese mythology that’s depicted by a winged horse) on the heel, Chinese characters on the tongue and a firework display of vibrant colors. The Nike Air Max…
For its winter lineup of releases, Nike Sportswear has dressed the Air Max 1 in a gentlemanly array of materials. Dubbed Bronze Eclipse, the look is layered in brown suede, a woolen brown textile and a Glen plaid patterned textile underlay in black/white. Nike adds seasonal flair to the brown sneaker with pops of orange on the eyelets and tongue tag. Complete…
The golf links are set to have added flair this spring as Nike Golf has just released a series of the Air Max 1 G in stylized form. The collection includes snakeskin and denim. Here, we see a third option for the Air Max 1 G. The mudguard features a safari print in grey/black against a white base with a punctuating dose…
Nike Golf’s latest Air Max 1 is dressed in a street style, fitted in a frayed denim upper. Surefooted on a traction outsole, the sneaker is now listed on Nike.com US for a 2nd of December for $140. Benefits -Visible Max Air unit in the heel cushions each step. -Integrated traction pattern gives you excellent grip. -Printed outsole and liner feature a…
The Nike Air Max 1 is ready for the links in its latest golf edition. Made with a heavy traction outsole, the silhouette pairs its functionality with stylish snakeskin. The patterned leather is set against a smooth white leather base with black adding balance, placed on the Air unit, lining and tongue. The kicks are now listed on Nike.com US for a…
Legendary designer Tinker Hatfield pioneered the design for many notable Nike silhouettes, but one shoe in particular forever changed the game. The shoe that introduced visible Air to the world had to start somewhere, and ‘Schematic’ takes inspiration from the shoe’s original design process. Arriving with a white upper and black detailing, this iteration dives into the technical elements such as materials,…
The idea behind Nike By You (formerly Nike iD) is to see Nike sneakers as blank canvases that you can color with creativity, only constrained by the palette of materials and colors that Nike provides. Traditionally, your designs were limited to yourself. Yes, you could share them on social media and people would see them on the street. This allowed people to…
When Tinker Hatfield designed the Air Max 1, he wanted to make the sneaker’s Air cushioning visible. His concept was influenced by the “inside-out” architecture of the Pompidou Centre. With the ‘Sketch To Shelf’ Pack, Nike Sportswear brings exposes another revealing layer of the sneaker’s design. Here, the silhouette is fitted with sketch book graphics. This includes a very precise technical blueprint…
The link between Nike and animation studio Laika is active for the spring season. The studio is launching their latest film on Friday, the 12th of April, Missing Link. And Nike has created an Air Max 1 to accompany the release. Embodying the film’s lead character, Mr. Link, the shoe is inspired by his unique outfit and even bears Link’s self-given nickname,…
