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JORDAN BRAND’S FUTURE, a designer’s point of view

With Nike stocks and prestige facing a constant drop in the last few years, retro products hugely overselling performance products, lifestyle market progressively dismissing basketball styles and Air Jordans losing their benchmark status in performance basketball landscape, Jordan Brand’s future looks uncertain.

As a footwear designer and creative direction consultant, here is my take on the current situation and about some of the ways it could be faced.

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FERRARI LUCE, a designer’s point of view

I'm an italian engineer, buildings and footwear designer, I live 30 km away from Ferrari's factory, and I've been raised contemplating its mith, but also studying and learning about design and functionality.

After a few weeks since its presentation, here is an overview of what I've seen and learnt about Ferrari's newest car, plus my personal opinion.

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Grave of the fireflies

Looking for a light, nice, funny animation movie to watch with my wife, to relax a bit after a hard day, we came across to “Grave of Fireflies” of master Isao Takahata.

We wathced it until the end without a single blink of an eye and, even though it was very far from what we were expecting, we are thankful we decided to watch it.

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