If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This is the thought process behind translating one of my best design concepts, the “Simpsons Donut”, to yet another classic Vans model: the SK8 Hi. This is the first shoe in the donut series to feature the glaze dripping vertically, utilizing the height of the high [...]

Throughout my years I’ve been contacted by various publications requesting interviews. At first, there was nothing more thrilling or rewarding. I was even lucky enough to be featured in some of the biggest national publications at a very young age. But as I grew older, I grew lazier, and sharing my same [...]

When I was given the opportunity to make a custom shoe for one of the premier sneaker information websites, CounterKicks.com, I was pretty excited. When it was decided that I would be working on an Air Force One High, then I became a little kid in a candy shop. To me, no other [...]

The Air Max 1 is a tough base shoe to work with which sucks, as its one of my favorite Nike models. Most of the models Nike releases these days either feature odd/unpaintable materials and panels, poor color blocking, or worst of all…leather toe boxes. So when I was presented with the opportunity [...]

This piece originally aired on 10/22/09, so for many folks, this is old news. For those who haven’t seen it and have been looking for the clip, I have finally uploaded it to YouTube and also have the video embedded in this post. For those interested, here is a little background on how [...]