THOMAS DURAND product designer
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Random

Random ideas, sketches, footwear etc

空 S O R A

空 S O R A

A nickname / alter ego created a long time ago when I was into skateboarding ( skateboarded for 13 years), grafitti and music (turntablism).
Wanted a 4 letter word, and at that time I had just started my Japanese studies. SORA means many things, from “empty” to “sky”.

I chose it for “sky“. The same physical sky above our heads, no matter where we are born, our religion or the color of our skin.

It later became my “artist/designer“ signature.

Zoom rev PR sketches

Zoom rev PR sketches

My first project was to finish Leo Chang’s amazing design on the ZOOM REV 2017 when I joined the basketball category.
Those are the sketches I did to explain the concept when the shoe released for PR.

Mashup

Mashup

Nike ACG x Uptempo 97

Because why not.

Traction concept

Traction concept

Done in Mudbox (3D)

sculpting

sculpting

Just wanted to test Mudbox’s workflow

Exploring

Exploring

NIKE ROSHE RUN "SUNRISE"

NIKE ROSHE RUN "SUNRISE"

A fun colorway I did when working at NIKE EHQ circa 2014, released to market

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My best design by far

My best design by far