Half of the battle being a designer is trying to become/stay inspired, something that Tom Rushbrook has decided to take into his own hands and create the Tinker approved ‘Champion The Positives’ Tmblr page, where you’ll find everything from gold coloured beetles, androids, intricate architecture, fighting dogs, space cameras, lace-tips, a man with a skull tattoo on his [...]

Here’s a super interesting video for Adidas’ Adivisionaries, a series of videos celebrating some of the many visionaries that have helped to shape the brand over the years. This particular video showcases Mr. Omori, a shoe designer that has been perfecting his craft for over 50 years (the last 14 at Adidas). Ignoring modern methods of [...]

Skimming through some old saved inspiration folders today and came across these sketches and renders from designer Rob Williams. A really great mix of thumbnails, dynamic sketches, sketch renders & Ps Renders, I hope these inspire you as much as they have me over the years. Check out more of Rob’s brilliant work, after the [...]

Our boy Brett’s at it again! This time running down the 10 Essential Tools Every Aspiring Sneaker Designer Should Possess, including such tools as problem solving, sketch books, telling a story and one of my personal favorites and somthing that I think is hugley underrated in product design in general; good graphic design skills. Check out [...]

In case you didn’t know…I get around. I’m cheating on ConceptKicks with SneakerReport in a wild & surprisingly informative relationship, spreading my seeds (of knowledge) so to speak. In my latest indiscretion I’ve detailed the 10 most creative performance sneaker designs of the past 5 years, which you can check out here. Don’t worry though, [...]