Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken You fine readers may recall that back in November of last year, I ran a series of interviews and concepts from Jesse Alkire (Part …
Category: Uni Watch Profiles interview series
These Boots Were Made for Talking: An Interview With Barry Brite
Before we dive into today’s lengthy content, just want to mention that I have an ESPN piece today about Wes Welker’s new helmet — look here. Now then: I always …
Designing Minds, Volume V (Part II)
By Phil Hecken I’m back today for the second half of “Designing Minds, Volume V” featuring the NFL concepts of Jesse Alkire. If you missed the first installment, please click …
Designing Minds, Volume V
By Phil Hecken Every so often, as a lede, I will run a set of uniform concepts from a single designer that are either so good, so innovative, or so …
Birds on a Bat – An Interview with Gary Kodner, St. Louis Cardinals Designer
By Phil Hecken Today I have another really special article for you fine readers. Like many guests whose stories I feature on here, the story of this began with a …
Uni Watch Profiles: Skye of @Uniformswag
At some point over the winter — I think around December or maybe early January — an increasing number of readers started sending me Ticker submissions in the form of …
Uni Watch Profiles: Chris Creamer
I may have been the first writer to cover uniforms and logos as a legitimate journalism beat, but there were several web-based pioneers who were obsessively documenting the uni and …
Uni Watch Profiles: Mark Willis
Lots of readers have recently told me how much they like “Soccer Out of Context,” a web project in which designer Mark Willis has been taking MLB jerseys and repurposing …
Uni Watch Profiles: Craig Rodia
About two years ago, I attended a media event at the NBA Shop in Manhattan. On my way out, I noticed some interesting T-shirts and sweatshirts — most of them …
Uni Watch Profiles: Shawn Kennedy
By Phil Hecken Last weekend I did a mini-review of the new University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football uniforms, which prompted this E-mail from reader Shawn Kennedy (he’s the guy …
Uni Watch Profiles: Bruce Burke
Last week I ran that entry about high school football teams using the logo of the NY/NJ Hitmen of the XFL. I wrapped things up by writing, “It would be …
Meet Mr. Baseball (Backs)
By Phil Hecken As those of you who read on the weekends are likely aware, back on June 26, I featured a website called Baseball Backs (here’s the link), which …
Uni Watch Profiles: Will Johnson
The superb Texas band Centro-matic will be playing this Thursday at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan. I’ll be there, because I’ve been a fan of the band for about a …
Uni Watch Profiles: Lynn Farrell
The increasingly indispensable Mike Hersh has found yet another way to be indispensable. Mike’s wife works with woman named Lynn Farrell, who has an unusual line on her résumé: Back …