
Rick Maderis
Portland-based color & graphic designer with 20+ years at adidas, Nike, Jordan Brand and Curry Brand, and founder of Burnside Knives.
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Sep 27, 2026
Why a Footwear Designer Started Making Knives
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Rick MaderisGUEST
circling back to your, I, uh, your comment on the idea of like the, there would be like a designer and then like a color designer and then, yeah.

Rick MaderisGUEST
Production artists, there would be a merchandising manager, a product line manager, there would be a studio design director.

Rick MaderisGUEST
I had this project working on Adidas for, as you remember, you worked on some finish line stuff in your past.

Rick MaderisGUEST
And there was one where lady footlocker and because like finish line and all of that stuff are foot action, excuse me.

Rick MaderisGUEST
And all of that kind of was like the t-shirt hub that originals was sending out t-shirts to.

Rick MaderisGUEST
And during that stint of like making verbiage t-shirts and trying to bring back that and one vibe of like, I mean, I had some, I had some really good ones that were like borderline, you know, like winners like it on top.
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Nick EngvallHOST
And what itch is that scratching for you that people won't know about if they just have seen your work on the sneaker side?