Makers of Sport® Podcast

About Makers of Sport® Podcast

Conversations about design, branding, creative business, products, footwear, technology, entrepreneurship and more in the sports industry. Featured in Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy. Missing episode numbers are paid & private community content. Join the community at makersofsport.com/community.

Publisher

A Sports Design Podcast by T. Adam Martin

Category

arts · business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Mar 2014

Latest episode

31 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

111 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Dec 2022

   Creative Entrepreneurship, 3-D and Selling Digital Assets with Ali Rahmoun of Sports Templates

   There is perhaps no better way to end Makers of Sport's podcast then to provide what may be the most inspiring story in its history. Ali Rahmoun (https://twitter.com/saltshaker911)—3-D Designer, Creative Director, and Founder of Sports Templates (https://sportstemplates.com), a digital asset company whose products are used by #smsports creatives in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and more—joined the show in 2021 to share his inspiring story. A native of Syria, Ali discovered the Internet in a war-torn, Isis-occupied country and began teaching himself graphic and web design as a teenager there. Initially, he fell in love with interacive Flash websites and frequented the niche platforms millennial creatives often found ourselves on during that time such as DeviantArt, Dribbble, and Behance. Overcoming many hardships, including once having to power his computer via a truck battery due power outages from war so he could meet the deadline of a client, Ali developed a strong instinct to learn under intense circumstances and persevere. His eventual passion for creative entrepreneurship eventually led to him creating Sports Templates (https://sportstemplates.net), an online marketplace creating and selling 3-D assets as Photoshop templates such as uniforms, athletics courts and fields, sports equipment, digital apparel, and other items. Listen along as we discuss Ali's story, content marketing, the state of design tools, the importance of learning how to learn, 3-D's future in this new era of design, and much more. Mentions Include: Sports Templates Website (https://sportstemplates.net) Sports Templates on Twitter (https://twitter.com/sportstemplate) Sports Templates on IG (https://instagram.com/sportstemplates) "Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered" by Austin Kleon (https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/) Ash Thorp (https://www.instagram.com/ashthorp/) Adam's Tinker Hatfield toy (https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIuga1ATo0/) Blender 3d Software (https://www.blender.org/) Ali's Basketball NFT project (https://hoopsassociation.com/) Ali's A.I. Logo Project (https://logodiffusion.com/) Thanks again to Ali Rahmoun (https://twitter.com/saltshaker911) for coming aboard the show. Be sure to checkout his website (https://sportstemplate.net) in order to take advantage of holiday deals that Sports Templates is offering. Also follow Sports Templates on Instagram and Twitter, and checkout his upcoming logo A.I. project (https://logodiffusion.com) launching soon. As of now, there is no next guest on the podcast. Hosting and producing this show has been a tremendous blessing and I've been able to meet many amazing people and lifelong friends. For now, the show must end due to numerous life cirumstances and other priorities. Maybe this is for forever, maybe not. I truly don't know. But, I do plan to keep tweeting and hope to evolve MoS into something that is still useful for the sports design community as it has done so much for me both personally and professionally. I sincerely thank you for the support over the years. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and/or write a review of the show on  Podcasts (https://makersofsport.com/itunes) and be sure to follow host @TAdamMartin (https://twitter.com/tadammartin) and Makers of Sport® on Twitter (https://twitter.com/makersofsport) & Instagram (https://instagram.com/makersofsport).

2. 

   13 May 2021

   Basketball, Sneaker Customs, Illustration & Graphic Design with Jessie Kavana of the Brooklyn Nets

   Jessie Kavana (https://twitter.com/itsjkav) (aka JKav) is a Senior Graphic Designer at BSE Global (https://bseglobal.net), the company that owns the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty, Nets GC and more. She joined the show to discuss her career and evolution as a creative. A native New Yorker with a passion for hoops and a dream to work in sports marketing for the New York Knicks, Jess began her journey at Skidmore College as a college basketball player. Stints in college athletics and ESPN would finally lead Jess to settle down in Brooklyn to work for the 'all black everything' Nets. It has been in there where Jkav has really found a home and has caught her stride as an in-house sports designer. Along with previously discussing her career path, we discuss how Jess has gained trust with her leaders and ownership group and it has allowed for her to take on some high-profile projects within the organization such as working on uniforms with Nike (https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQDSJXFKEI/), designing the player entryway (https://twitter.com/itsjkav/status/1386402630759370753?s=20), and more. Jkav touches on how the Covid-19 shutdowns led her to experiment with a new discipline: illustration. We discuss how she used the quarantines to push herself and evolve her creative skillset. Lastly, we discuss Jessie's re-awakened past hobby of sneaker painting and customization. Sneaker painting is having its moment in sports culture and Jessie has been able to take this hobby and leverage it to work with professional athletes as a side hustle. Listen along as JKav shares her story. Mentions Include: JKav Portfolio (https://jessiekavana.com) JKav on Twitter (https://twitter.com/itsjkav) JKav on IG (https://instagram.com/itsjkav) Learfield IMG College (https://publications.learfieldimgcollege.com/) ESPN Stats Twitter (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo) Ep. 24: Chin Wang, Sr. CD at ESPN (https://makersofsport.com/episodes/24/chin-wang) Carol Boyl, ESPN CD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-boyle-she-her-hers-8018232/) Lucas Nickerson, MNF CD at ESPN (https://twitter.com/coolhand20) Ep. 73: Tim O'Shaughnessy, College Football CD at ESPN (https://makersofsport.com/episodes/73/tim-oshaughnessy) Ep. 5: Steve Vollmer, Jr., (Current) Creative Director, Tampa Bay Bucs (https://makersofsport.com/episodes/5/steve-vollmer-jr) @BamBamBam99 (https://instagram.com/bambambam99) Disney series illustrations (https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeCsOTlZx4/) My next guest is Ali Rahmoun (https://sportstemplates.com), Founder and Creative Director of SportsTemplates, a company that provides 3d content and templates to the sports industry. Ali can be found on Instagram (https://instagram.com/sportstemplate) & Twitter (https://twitter.com/sportstemplate). Sign up (https://makersofsport.com/email) for the email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. You can also show your support and keep the podcast sponsor free by joining the member community (https://lauchpass.com/p/makersofsport) or purchasing merchandise from the Makers of Sport® shop (https://makersofsport.com/store). Additionally, if you enjoyed this episode, please rate and/or write a review of the show on  Podcasts (https://makersofsport.com/itunes) and be sure to follow host @TAdamMartin (https://twitter.com/tadammartin) and Makers of Sport® on Twitter (https://twitter.com/makersofsport) & Instagram (https://instagram.com/makersofsport).

3. 

   13 Jan 2021

   Filmmaking & Entrepreneurship in Sports & Advertising with Falkon® Founder Dexton Deboree

   Dexton Deboree (https://instagram.com/dextondeboree), Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Falcon (https://falconcontent.com), and director of the award-winning documentary, "Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1" (https://www.amazon.com/Unbanned-Legend-AJ1-Michael-Jordan/dp/B07RNB8Y25), joined the podcast to discuss storytelling, entrepreneurship and the role of filmmaking in sports culture. A lost youth in Florida, Dexton didn't have a path. He was unsure of his future; however, a revelatory moment in the middle of the night in college changed him forever and led him to creative pursuits and a transfer to a film school. Obsessed with the idea of being a screenwriter, Dexton became fixated on writing—almost to a fault—believing that if he wasn't writing he wasn't pursuing his destiny. This caused him to nearly miss out on a breadth of experience he would later gain as a P.A., which led to a wealth of knowledge about the business of film. Listen in as Dexton shares stories about the early years of his career and how his unorthodox path led him to eventually buy and rebrand a studio (https://losyork.com), and later leave that studio to found Falkon® (https://falkoncontent.com). Dexton shares the things he's learned being an entrepreneur in film, including how unpredictabe business is and how no one truly has things figured out. Lastly we discuss two films Dexton wrote, directed and produced: "Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1", a film about the legendary sneaker and its alleged banning from the league featuring numerous interviews with famous personalities at Nike, the NBA and entertainment; and "Promiseland", a docu-series following 2019-20 NBA Rookie Ja Morant (https://twitter.com/jamorant) as he ventures through the first year of his pro basketball career which happened to include Covid-19 shutdowns, the NBA bubble, social justice issues and winning Rookie of the Year. Mentions Include: Dexton on IG (https://instagram.com/dextondeboree) Falcon on IG (https://twitter.com/falkoncontent) Falcon Website (https://falconcontent.com) 'Range' by David Epstein (https://davidepstein.com/the-range/) Los York (https://losyork.com) Episode 110 with Barton Damer (https://makersofsport.com/episodes/102/barton-damer) Jimmy Smith, Ad Legend (https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-jimmysmith-20150419-story.html) The Art of Flight documentary (https://www.redbull.com/int-en/films/the-art-of-flight) Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8036174/) My next guest is Jessie Kavana (https://jessiekavana.com), a Senior Designer for BSE Global, the company that owns the Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, NY Liberty, NY Islanders and more. She can be found on Instagram (https://instagram.com/itsjav) & Twitter (https://twitter.com/itsjkav). Sign up (https://makersofsport.com/email) for the email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. You can also show your support and keep the podcast sponsor free by joining the member community (https://lauchpass.com/p/makersofsport) or purchasing merchandise from the Makers of Sport® shop (https://makersofsport.com/store). Additionally, if you enjoyed this episode, please rate and/or write a review of the show on  Podcasts (https://makersofsport.com/itunes) and be sure to follow host @TAdamMartin (https://twitter.com/tadammartin) and Makers of Sport® on Twitter (https://twitter.com/makersofsport) & Instagram (https://instagram.com/makersofsport).

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