This is the origin story of Nike Team Sports - as told by the designers, creators and innovators who made it happen. thedesignasty.substack.com
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Recent episodes include "Episode X: Design is Everywhere" (10 March 2026, 69 minutes), "Episode IX: Nike Team Sports Enters the Red Zone" (16 February 2026, 59 minutes), and "Episode VIII: Highs and Lows of Nike Basketball Shoes" (29 January 2026, 69 minutes).
The Designasty publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 53 minutes across 10 episodes.
Booking probability for The Designasty is 17%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Designasty requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Designasty's contact route on record: public web form.
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The Designasty is an arts podcast with 10 episodes published.
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<p>Aaron Cooper, a former Nike Footwear Creative Director, joins Ken in today’s conversation about Nike’s first-of-its-kind creative culture, design philosophy, and the importance of meaningful relationships both within...
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<p>Ken is joined by his former Nike teammate, Bob Clark, who is a Product Graphic Designer that played a huge role in Nike’s early days outfitting football teams, both in the NCAA and the NFL. Hear Bob’s best stories...
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<p>Ken Black and Keith Houlemard welcome their former Nike teammate David “Boot” Bond, who was on the first Organized Team Sports trip with Ken and Keith and later worked on some of the most iconic Nike shoes of that...
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<p>The full story of the Denver Broncos 1997 rebrand is here. Keith Houlemard returns to the conversation, this time to ask the questions and get all the details from Ken Black about designing the new Broncos identity...
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<p>Ken sits with former Nike teammate Nate Retzlaff, who worked on projects like the 1996 Air More Uptempo, Syracuse Basketball, Duke Basketball, Oregon Ducks Football, the Nike Triax watch, and much more. The two share...
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<p>Highlighting the Nike rebrands of UConn and Villanova that have stood the test of time, Episode V features first time guest and former Nike OTS designer Michael Scheible. Host Ken Black and Keith Houlemard lead the...
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<p>Drake Ramberg returns to The Designasty, this time to give his full story arc from drawing caricatures of his hometown heroes as a kid to designing kits for some of the most iconic soccer teams around the world...
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<p>Keith Houlemard re-joins the conversation with Ken, this time talking about their experiences creating for the Air Jordan line - it had not yet transitioned to become Brand Jordan. They chat about specific design...
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<p>Ken Black and Keith Houlemard along with other members of Nike Team Sports (including Nike legend Tinker Hatfield) took a trip to MJ’s house in Arizona, where he was participating in spring training before his year...
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<p>Ken Black talks with Keith Houlemard, who is an original member of Nike Organized Team Sports and longtime friend to Ken. In a conversation centered around Nike’s early collaboration in the world of college...
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<p>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...
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