Erik Arlen

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Erik Arlen was born in 1983 in Strasbourg. Although he has a graphic and graffiti background he decided to move to Paris to study industrial design. While he was at school he won several design student contests which eventually lead him to intern for companies like Sagem and Rossignol in France, Aisin-Toyota in Japan and Puma in Germany.

From 2005 to 2007, he worked closely with Aldebran-Robotics in Paris and co-designed the robot NAO with Thomas Knoll, which ended up being presented in 2010 at the world exhibition in Shanghai.

In 2007, he moved to the United States to work for Nike as a product and footwear designer. He started to work in the Tennis division by designing the shoes for top athletes like Rafael Nadal.

In 2010 he got contacted by Case-mate to collaborate on a collection of protective cases for iPhone.

Today he still lives in Portland and work as a footwear designer for Nike’s action sport division which regroups the brands NikeSB, NikeSnowboarding & 6.0 and still do freelance project on side for different industries. Erik sees himself as a multi-disciplinary designer who’s able to combine different disciplines, like innovation, product design, graphic design and communication which allows him to think each project in a holistic way.