Tinker Hatfield
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Tinker Hatfield is the renowned designer of many of Nike's most popular and innovative sneaker designs, including the Air Jordan III, the Air Jordan XV, the twentieth anniversary Air Jordan XX, and other athletic sneakers including the world's first "cross training" shoes - the Nike Air Trainer. Hatfield oversees Nike's "Innovation Kitchen" and is rumored to be designing the upcoming Air Jordan XXIII.
Hatfield is an athlete formally trained in architecture. He realized early that his skills could also be applied to athletic shoes. He claims to have designed the cross-trainer as a "multi-sport" shoe when he realized people at his Oregon gym brought various sneakers with them for diverse activities like basketball, aerobics, weight lifting and jogging.
He is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Architecture, and has been also published for the architectural design of his Portland, Oregon home.
