Nike loves innovation, both in technology and design fields, and is always here to engage its fans in creating something completely fresh. The brand, which has been allowing its consumers to customize their sportswear for quite a long time within its NikeID project, is about to continue to the new level by launching the iDNation, which is described as “a community for creative individuals to get inspired, customize, and make some fans.”
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Nike and TomTom have collaborated to create the Nike+ SportWatch GPS. The new running watch, unveiled on January 5 at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, will provide athletes with the most dynamic and motivational running experience in the world thanks to its unique functionality, beautiful design, and direct connection to www.nikeplus.com, the world’s leading running community with almost 4 million members.
Nike, which is well-known for its commitment to sustainable product design and charitable projects revolving around sports, launched a new website titled Nike Better World featuring short description of the brand’s projects benefiting ecology or society. The new online destination is developed by the on the Weiden+Kennedy team using the HTML5 technology (employed by Google and Arcade Fire’s Wilderness Downtown video). Nike invites visitors to embark on an informative visual trip ‘down the hole’ and take a closer look at the good projects by the brand.
Nike has something in-store to impress and engage its fans in January 2011. The iconic sportswear brand is announcing its new groundbreaking project designed to combine the world of football and interactive movie. Is it possible? It will be with the ‘I AM PLAYR’ game, which will enable players to experience the life of a superstar striker just as he does it.
Converse paints the walls of British towns to promote its recent collaboration with popular and emerging musicians. The brand is known for its projects focused on celebrating arts and music culture, and this summer and fall it released several tracks by GB and U.S. entertainers. Recently, the footwear company has partnered with Monorex, a group of graffiti-inspired visual artists, to pay tribute to influential musicians by promoting indie music genres with street art.
In honour of the World AIDS Day, December 1, the charitable (RED) project in collaboration with global brands gave boost to its international program focused on providing help to HIV-infected people in Africa. They have introduced a new twist of the campaign, which has been running since 2006: this time, (RED) wants to bring attention to the possibility of the first AIDS Free Generation in 30 years by 2015, and is encouraging people around the globe to promote the idea by customizing their social media profiles with (RED) avatars, badges and backgrounds as well as buying the branded goods from iconic manufacturers.
In an effort to further industry sustainability efforts, Nike released its ‘Environmental Apparel Design Tool,’ based on Nike’s Considered Design Index. The release of the tool aims to accelerate collaboration between companies, fast-track sustainable innovation and decrease the use of natural resources like oil and water.