The photo above is like Kanye West’s own ‘Evolution of Man’. No, we don’t mean that he’s growing as an artist and a person after dealing with more than one controversy conspicuously humbly of late (way to almost-tearfully apologize, ‘Ye). More like, it took a while to build the Nike Air Yeezy. We already know how many different midsole combinations KW and the IK (Nike’s Innovation Kitchen) went through before settling on the Air Jordan III-like Air Assault Retro tooling. Take a look at more sketches after the jump; would you have copped the yellow/grey version had it hit retail? via SC
Nike Air Yeezy – Color and Design Processes
Aaron Hope
September 18, 2009
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