I randomly stumbled upon this product I designed over a year ago. I had no idea it went into production or what happened to it. But it was a awesome surprise to see it in stores. The full project including research, store visits, ideation, CAD work, and countless meetings with Trojans marketing team took about 2-3 months. Once I handed it off, I haven’t heard any updates with the project, so I assumed it died within the Trojan pipelines, as many new products do, but I guess they were working on the supply chain and other logistics.
YZY BOOST SOCKS
Without a doubt, the YEEZY BOOST 350 was one of the most coveted sneakers to release in 2015 and in my opinion it is also one of the best designed silhouettes that year. I was one of the lucky few to be able to get a pair. After having them in my possession for a few months, I decided to use them as inspiration to design a pair socks calling out all the most notable design features.
if i get enough interest in these socks, I will produce a limited run of them.
Nike X Minnetonka
I have been wanting a pair of Visvim Shamans for a while now, however the high price tag and even higher resale is what kept stopping me from getting a pair. Over the past couple weeks I came across a few people making customs “inspired” by the Visvim sneaker using Nike soles and Minnetonka uppers.
I thought I would give it a shot. I have never done anything like this before, so I basically had to learn as I went on. The whole project took me about 6 hours of work over a 2 weeks period. I am really happy with the outcome, and Cant wait to see what’s next.
Flyknit Trainer+ Sketch & Color Concept
Whenever I come across a silhouette I admire, I instantly become inspired. I start to re-imagine the shoe in different ways and color concepts inspired by the things around me and all of my experiences. Since I am a fan of this Silhouette by Nike, I set out to create color way of the shoe inspired by "Streetwear in fall"
Exotic Wood Straight Razor
While on my normal commute, I stumbled upon an Exotic woodstore, after talking to the owners and getting a small 5x5x0.5 sample of some rare wood - I forgot what kind, I decided to turn the sample into a straight razor for my cousin, since he is a barber.
I made the straight razor out of a single piece of wood that I cut out a groove for the blade, I did not want to sandwich two pieces together because I felt that would ruin the unibody look. I did most of the work with the band saw, sander, and dremel. I finished the piece with polyurethane.
