Duncan Anderson Design Lecture - Kelly Kikuta
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Channel: Beach TV CSULB · 2016 · Education
New Balance Numeric 50-50 - Is it nature or nurture that determines our path? In Kelly Kikuta’s case, it was both. Born to parents who encouraged his innate imagination and inventiveness, and reared in the board sports lifestyle of Southern California, Kelly has fused his passions for design and skateboarding into a career as Senior Designer for New Balance Athletics. Kelly will be sharing his past experiences and insights on how he broke into the industry and has enjoyed an exciting 20-year ride in footwear design. A graduate from the Industrial Design program from California State University, Long Beach and recipient of the Duncan Anderson Memorial Scholarship, Kelly has built a career designing footwear for some of the most influential brands and personalities in the action sports industry. As the driving force behind New Balance Numeric, a newly formed category focused around performance skateboarding, Kelly is responsible for the creation of each new footwear style bearing the popular “N” logo.
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