Fixed-gear talk at Design Museum

Posted on Mon 25th, June 2007

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• #26

Buffalo_Bill

Personally I would rather cut my own nose off than accept money from Nike.
• #27

lpg

yeah s'all about adidas, innit.
• #28

badrider

that's cool bb but i dig their treads along with million's of other bods and for me it's nice to know someone got something out of them rather than the other way around.
as for adidas it's all about the forest hills
• #29

hippy

Buffalo Bill Personally I would rather cut my own nose off than accept money from Nike.

Surely taking money of Nike is a good thing and giving them money is the bad thing?

(Disclaimer: I own Nike products)
• #30

Buffalo_Bill

It's kind of the same thing. If you take money and do stuff for them, you could say it was constructive engagement. But Nike is so big it's hard to see how you would be able to influence them in any meaningful way.

I wrote a longish post about the dangers of endorsements and sponsorship.

http://www.movingtargetzine.com/article/london-messengers-to-bid-for-cmwc-2009

Having said that, Brennan Mulligan ex-T2 has set up a factory in Oakland making Nike bags the right way, so I guess there's more than one way to go about these things.

I wasn't explicitly criticising Ben. Just stating my own position.

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