Nike Air Force One has dived into the history of Nike to collaborate and re-create new editions for summer 2008.

This summer’s collection will use inspirations from sneakers to design new sneakers. Nike wants to honor the styles that have had the most impact in the company’s history. They had to research by designers, categories and innovative creations. This collection is by no means an old remake of antiques but a new attempt into the company’s creations. Nike wants to use its own rich resources to appreciate them and discover a new direction in Nike designs.

Tinker Hatfield, the Vice President of Innovation, has allowed the use of unusual materials like safari (Safari), metal mesh (Spiridon) and tennis ball inspired fabric (Talaria). Using new materials or using rare materials that other companies don’t use is important. It will give a competitive edge to Nike.

This summer collection has the Mowabb and Wildwood styles. New materials like industrial leathers are used for the first time.
Other features that the designers used were the light weight materials, reflectivity, bold colors, infra red colors, gradual change of colors and the silver bullet reflectivity.

Nike’s summer 2008 collection is below.

Nike AF1 Air Max 97, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 Air Max 90, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 Air Max 95, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 Mowabb, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 ACG Wildwood, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 Spiridon, summer 2008:

Nike AF1 Safari, summer 2008: