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october 23, 2017 - Nike

Designer Bruce Kilgore dishes on Nike Air Force 1

These days, the word “icon” is casually applied to everything from online video clips to sweet potato pies. By formal definition, however, an icon is a “person who is very successful and admired” or “widely known symbol.” The #nike #airforce1, which debuted in 1982 and has since served as a canvas for artist and designers of all ilk, indisputably achieves this latter classification. In its mutability, the shoe has become a global street culture standard. But it is the fundamental form of the #airforce1 — defined by its creator Bruce Kilgore — that has facilitated the icon's enduring status.  

Here, Kilgore shares his memories of the original design process and his surprise of discovering that the silhouette had, in effect, “blown up."

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