Host Ken Black talks with Drake Ramberg, a 33-year Nike veteran and design OG. Together, they talk about the early days of Nike Team Sports and how they both worked to bring sport design into a new era of innovation and performance.

They give brief stories about some of their favorite uniform and team designs they got to work on, including the Denver Broncos and Arsenal, setting up stories they will dive deeper into in future episodes.

In this episode, Ken and Drake mention a handful of other Nike team members as well as some of the people they met and designed for along the way. Here is a complete list of those mentioned.

David Turner, OTS Football Apparel Designer

Mark Parker, Nike CEO

Angela Snow, (then) VP Head of Product Graphic Design Department

Gordon Thompson, Nikes First Chief Design Officer

Todd VanHorne, Nike Team Sports Creative Director

Wilson Smith, OG Nike FW Designer

Bill Bowerman, Nike co-founder

Phil Knight, Nike Founder and Chairman

Tinker Hatfield, OG Footwear Designer/Air Jordan Designer

Tom Andrich, Nike Tennis Product Graphic Designer 

Devon Burt, Nike Apparel Creative Director

Drake Ramberg

Ken Black

Alexander Julian

Georgetown

Andre Agassi

Denver Broncos

Mike Shanahan

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