{"id":981491,"date":"2021-05-18T09:01:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=981491"},"modified":"2021-05-19T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:24:05","slug":"kevin-concepts-feature-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kevin-concepts-feature-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Bui Walks Us Through His Unique Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As our latest featured creative, we spoke to Kevin Bui<\/strong>–also known as @kevinconcepts<\/a><\/strong>— about his beginnings, his progression, and the direction of his conscious-driven work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portland-based creator’s love for sneakers is a familiar one; instilled from an early age, Kevin’s infatuation derived by sheer coincidence. As an athlete, his introduction to footwear came about through association. Whether hitting the hardwood or running track, the inevitability of running into the world of sneakers was only a matter of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While sports remained a pivotal role in his journey, his artistic interest was just as detrimental. When not playing sports, his time would be spent working on art projects; with the praise of peers and teachers, Bui’s new-found confidence allowed him to interject his love for sports, art, and footwear into one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“As my love for sneakers developed, I found myself sketching and creating art projects inspired by various Jordans and Nikes,”<\/strong> says Bui. Of that list, one specific model propelled his interest; the Jordan 4<\/a><\/strong>. Its unique design and color blocking was unlike anything he had seen before and began to use the aforementioned sneaker as reference for his work. From canvas paintings to coffee tables, his early days of creative assortments allowed him to sell his work to members of a Facebook community and furthered his involvement with hand-made products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His preoccupation with sneakers extended pass fascination and led into an ongoing ambitious goal to join footwear giants Nike<\/a> as a Product Developer. Kevin’s first taste of said goal came in the form of a High School project, “we had an assignment where we had to job shadow someone in a career field that we were interested in. I immediately knew where I wanted to shadow and luckily my teacher had connections to people who worked at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon<\/strong>“. <\/p>\n\n\n\n