John Maeda, the President of The Rhode Island School of Design, recently partnered up with Canton, Massachusetts company Reebok to design two limited versions of the brand's iconic Freestyle model. The professor borrowed from his diverse to background, crafting the double-strapped aerobic shoe in black/pink/white and white/purple/black/multicolored. The end result is dubious at best;...see more >> Tags: Product From Hell:
John Maeda, the President of The Rhode Island School of Design, recently partnered up with Canton, Massachusetts company Reebok to design two limited versions of the brand's iconic Freestyle model. The professor borrowed from his diverse to background, crafting the double-strapped aerobic shoe in black/pink/white and white/purple/black/multicolored. The end result is dubious at best;...see more >> 
If you're like me, you spend many a sleepless night pondering the managerial moves of sneaker companies. (I hope you're not like me.) A large portion of my gloaming twilight is spent discerning why some products release, and then where some pundits gathered the data necessarty to recieve the go-ahead to manufacutre a design. And...see more >> 
