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It's been awhile since I've updated this blog with sneakers but some good friends of mine let me know that it's long overdue. What better way to update then with a Nike Natural Cork Bespoke Air Force 1 that was a birthday gift?
I have designed several Nike iD's before but never designed a Bespoke.
I always wait to see how the materials & colors look on an actual sneaker before I think of a design.

Thankfully people I know like, Brandon "B-Smoke",Dj Clark Kent, Mayor, Premium Pete, OgNikeHead85 & others have used the different materials & posted images (themselves or through websites) that gave people a real view of the options. After seeing so many good designs I was ready to design a Bespoke Air Force 1 myself. The timing that Nike added the natural cork material was perfect. It was a material never used before( I designed mine at Mercer a month before Harajuku pictures were posted) and they had a sample of a cork air force 1. My girlfriend wanted me to design the sneaker in early July so I could receive it by my birthday in August but we encountered a setback that prevented me from doing it in time. Well worth the wait, I finally designed my sneakers on my actual birthday (August 15th) and I'm happy I did. The experience of designing a Bespoke is different than designing an iD because there's so much more you can do. It's something I definitely plan on doing again. Likely as a Christmas gift to myself... Stay Tuned

Materials Used
Natural Cork Base, Suede Liner, & Boston leather Tongue & Heel Tab






Izzy drawing the concept of the sneaker & labeling where the colors & materials



Thank you Lisa for the wonderful Birthday Gift!



Thank you SneakrAddicts,OSD,Nike Mercer, Sole Collector,Freshnessmag,NiceKicks,SneakerNews for the support and to everyone who commented good or bad

Well the contest is officially over and I hope everyone who wanted to enter, did. Now the last part of this contest will take place. The judges have until 3 p.m. Monday, Feb 16th, to pick which 2 designs they like best and send me the corresponding letters for the designs. Monday sometime after I wake up, I will post the winning the design on Sneakerplay and then begin the process of actually doing the sneaker. I hope everyone enjoyed the contest, I always enjoy creativity from others.


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Judges: Please Pm me on Sneaker play with your 2 choices using the corresponding letters.The designs that say ME are not created by me. they were sent via NikeiD but had no design name for me to save them under. Design names are not a factor when making your choices. You are to choose the 2 best looking designs. Choose depending on what the sneaker will actually look like once created. I thank everyone who participated & helped with this contest.

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I seen a picture of Nike's upcoming Black History Air force 1 and thought they were boring. I figured why not use iD to create my own Black history Af1's & get what I want lasered on them? Here's what I came up with so far, might make a slight change, not definite yet. These have a black base, overlay & sidewall, red foxing, laces & contrast stitching, green swoosh & sidewall stitching with a gum sole. The 2nd pair has a black mesh base. Not sure which one I want or if I want either. Please comment & let me know what you think, good or bad.



Pair with mesh base

Recently I posted about Derick Lavins Nike Bespoke made at 21 Mercer st. Now I will post bespokes created by 3 more people, Buckwild, Alexander Wang, Sergio Ruiz.

PRODUCER BUCKWILD 1st pair of Bespokes




2nd Bespoke




Alexander Wang





Sergio Ruiz

This is just a slide show of the top 100 Nike Air Force 1's. Check it out.

NIKE AIR FORCE ONE TOP 100 from tenk on Vimeo.

Finally pictures of the 2009 NBA All Star Game Nike Air force 1 have hit the internet.
Its a beautiful Air Force 1 with the Phoenix Suns colorway. It has rolled seems at the overlay like a Supreme Air force 1, patent leather foxing, clear sole and perforated base. Each side has a separate dubre' for East and West.
Pictures courtesy of Sneakerfiles