Tinker Hatfield

Biography

Tinker Linn Hatfield Jr. is an American designer of numerous Nike athletic shoe models, including the Air Jordan 3 through Air Jordan 15, the twentieth-anniversary Air Jordan XX, the Air Jordan XXIII, the 2010 (XXV), the 2015 Air Jordan XX9 (XXIX), and other athletic sneakers including the world's first "cross training" shoes, the Nike Air Trainer. Hatfield is Nike's Vice President for Design and Special Projects and oversees Nike's "Innovation Kitchen". For his many innovative designs and numerous creations over more than three decades, Hatfield is considered a legend of design.