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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Aaron Cooper on Designing Nikes for Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Kevin Garnett

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Cooper is a Nike design veteran who worked on genre-defining basketball sneakers for athletes like Charles Barkley, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, and Scottie Pippen. Cooper started out as Nike’s first design intern in the 90s, ascending from there to influence classics like the Nike Free, Air More Uptempo, and Air Max Plus. Cooper talks about his long resume, his design philosophy, and what he believes is the future of the industry. He also gives updates on his current work with EQLZ and Better Guards. At the top of the episode, Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty anticipate next year’s “Bred” Air Jordan 1 and break their moratorium on the Air Max Dn.

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0:00.0

What's up everybody?

0:02.6

Jolupuma, you were listening.

0:03.9

You were watching the Complex Sneakers show.

0:05.9

As always, I'm with my two co-host, my two friends,

0:08.6

to my right, Mr. Matt Welty.

0:10.7

Here we are.

0:11.4

Yes, sir.

0:12.2

Like that. I like this fit. Thanks. We'll get to it later maybe. To my left.

0:17.0

Hey what's up? Mr Brendan Dunn always has the textures on, always has the elevated basics on. Is that what we call it elevated basics I'll take that

0:26.0

get me writing for sense

0:28.0

you like that you like to fit as well I do I do like to fit

0:32.0

if you don't have the undershirt on with that though is it like the but I do have the under

0:35.6

but if you don't say the car's topless right yes I'm not going to say the next half of the bar but I'm not saying that right there with you Joe is that an offensive bar?

0:46.3

No, that's not offensive. No, not at all.

0:48.3

Is it see-through? Yeah, everything's a little bit see bit see through but you put them all together and you can't see there we go

0:55.8

You got like a Cisco fit going on oh Cisco. Wow what an era

1:00.3

What have you been on? Shopping the platinum here? Yes.

1:03.0

And in high school.

1:04.0

In high school.

1:05.0

That was the in the Drew Hill album and then Cisco a little later.

1:09.0

The Drew Hill album though, come on.

1:11.0

We know.

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