Tinker Hatfield
| Tinker Haven Hatfield | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 30, 1952 Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Education | University of Oregon (B.Arch., 1977) |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon |
| Occupation | designer; architectural designer |
| Known for | Air Jordan, Air Max |
| Spouse(s) | Jackie Hatfield |
| Parent(s) | Tinker Haven Hatfield, Sr. |
Tinker Haven Hatfield, Jr. (born April 30, 1952, Hillsboro, Oregon), is an American designer of numerous Nike athletic shoe designs, including the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 15, the twentieth anniversary Air Jordan XX, the Air Jordan XXIII, the 2010 (XXV), the 2015 Air Jordan XX9 (XXIX), and other athletic sneakers including the world's first "cross training" shoes, the Nike Air Trainer. Hatfield oversees Nike's "Innovation Kitchen". He is Nike's Vice President for Design and Special Projects. For his many innovative designs and numerous creations over more than three decades, Hatfield is considered a legend of design.
Hatfield grew up in Halsey in Linn County, Oregon, "son of the late Tinker Hatfield Sr., a legendary figure in Oregon coaching circles who won three straight state Class AA titles during his son’s time at Central Linn." Tinker Jr. was an all-state selection as a basketball player and football player, and he was an All-American in track and field at Central Linn High School, leading to him being named the "1970 Johnny Carpenter Prep Athlete of the Year" for Oregon high schoolers. He then attended the University of Oregon, where he ran track for coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, and at one time had the pole-vault record at the school. Academically, he studied architecture and graduated with a B.Arch. degree from the University of Oregon School of Architecture.
Hatfield joined Nike in 1981, and in 1985 started working on shoe design. He realized that his architectural skills could be applied to shoes. Hatfield was also published for the architectural design of his Portland, Oregon home. 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 such as basketball, aerobics, weightlifting and jogging. In 1987, Tinker Hatfield designed the Air Max 1 Running Shoe after visiting the Centre Georges Pompidou; and the Infrared Air Max 90 shoe, first released in 1990. In 2014, Hatfield indicated that Nike would unveil a shoe with power-lacing technology, as worn by Marty McFly in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, which partially takes place in the year 2015.
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