Haojun Wu 2595683
What is Design History?
Design History is about history of design and how design is important to people`s, even designers` life. It is also very significant knowledge to designers, because they can know the references of their works that from past to present. It can deeply help designers to make connection with their design. Also, design appear in everywhere, people learn more about design history that can be more useful in the future career.
My favorite designer is Tinker Hatfield, he is a shoe designer. He should be the most famous and successful in the field of basketball sneakers. His magnum opus should be Air Jordan Series that Michael Jordan was wearing them to play on court.
Tinker Hatfield used to be an architecture, but he changed to become a shoe designer. I like his courage that this decision might be change his life, in fact, he made it and he became one of the most famous basketball shoe designer. Also, I like his creative ideas, he combined architecture element and basketball shoes. No one tried this before, even think about this kind of idea. He brought new thought into this field and it succeed. For example, the Air Jordan 11 has been one of the most popular shoes until now. Because it has a creative shape and Tinker put carbon fiber into its mid sole that can make the shoes more stable.
This subject is very interesting, because I can learn a lot about the history of design. It shows to us how people used to design objects and how it is different in many period of time.
References:
cement, 2012, Tinker Hatfield Interviewed for GQ Magazine, viewed in 2nd March, 2014, http://jordansdaily.com/2012/09/12/tinker-hatfield-interviewed-for-gq-magazine/
Yu-Ming Wu, 2008, COMPLEX INTERVIEWS TINKER HATFIELD, viewed in 2nd March, http://www.freshnessmag.com/2008/02/12/complex-interviews-tinker-hatfield/
