Design Innovation with John Hoke of Nike

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Nike’s recently retired Chief Innovation Officer, , now the Chairman of the Board at MillerKnoll, will discuss the power and possibility of design and creativity throughout the world. As Chief Design Officer for 15 years, Hoke was responsible for envisioning the future of sport and directed an international creative community of more than 1,000 designers charged with inspiring and innovating while designing hundreds of apparel and footwear styles each year. Every item Hoke played a role in creating encapsulated a story, a data-backed purpose, and a sense of progress. Hoke worked with Nike for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2025. Prior to Nike, Hoke was a designer at Michael Graves Architecture & Design in Princeton, New Jersey. His work included architectural, industrial, and graphic design for a wide variety of international clients.
“The only constant we have is change,” says Hoke. “Designers are here on the planet to keep making progress. In whatever field you have, whatever industry, whatever focus you have, it should be about progressing the lovely human experience forward more equitably, more sustainably, opening the aperture to all.”
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Presented by USC Visions and Voices in partnership with the USC School of Architecture, and part of its Crossing Design Borders annual lecture series.

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