Tinker Hatfield Biography

A number of Nike's most well-known and ground-breaking athletic shoe designs, such as the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 15, the twentieth anniversary Air Jordan XX, the final numbered Air Jordan, the XXIII, the 2010 (XXV), and other sports sneakers like the Nike Air Trainer, were created by Tinker Haven Hatfield, Jr. (born April 30, 1952, Hillsboro, Oregon). The "Innovation Kitchen" at Nike is managed by Hatfield. Vice President of Design and Special Projects at Nike. Early life Tinker Hatfield Sr., a renowned figure in Oregon coaching circles who won three straight state Class AA championships while his son was at Central Linn, raised Hatfield on Halsey in Linn County, Oregon. No slouch himself, Tinker Jr. has been voted the 1970 Johnny Carpenter Prep Athlete of the Year for Oregon high school students after being selected as an all-state pick in basketball, football, and track and field at Central Linn High School. After that, he went to the University of Oregon, where he competed in track and field under the direction of Bill Bowerman, a co-founder of Nike, and once held the pole vault record there. He majored in architecture at the University of Oregon School of Architecture, where he received a B.Arch degree. Nike Hatfield started working for Nike in 1985 after joining the company in 1981. He understood that he could use his architectural abilities to design shoes. Hatfield's home in Portland, Oregon, was featured in publications for its architecture as well. [Reference required] When he noticed that individuals at his Oregon gym were using different shoes for different sports including basketball, aerobics, weightlifting, and running, he claimed that this inspired him to build the cross-trainer as a "multi-sport" shoe. After visiting the Centre Georges Pompidou in 1987, Tinker Hatfield created the Air Max 1 Running Sneaker and the Infrared Air Max 90 shoe, which was initially made available in 1990. Hatfield predicted in 2014 that Nike will release a shoe featuring power lacing technology, similar to the one Marty McFly wore in the 1989 movie Back to the Future Part II, which is largely set in 2015. He also made the graphics for the basketball floor at the University of Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena, which debuted in 2011. Tobie Hatfield, the younger brother of Hatfield, started working at Nike as a senior engineer in 1990. For Gran Turismo 6 in 2013, Hatfield created concept cars for the Nike and Jordan brands. Jordan Air Lead designer of the Air Jordans III through XV, XX, and XX3 was Tinker Hatfield. Hatfield also contributed to the design of the Air Jordan xx8 and 2010 models. He was also the principal designer for the hugely well-liked custom known as "Jay Holiday."

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