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Stan Burton is the Managing Director and Sr Sourcing Director of Under Armour Global Sourcing based in Hong Kong. He has done nearly every non-Design job possible in his career journey to be a part of the consumer goods / sporting goods industry. He began his career at Nike where he did everything from delivering boxes to leading teams across multiple countries in the areas of Product Development, Production and Supply Chain Operations. After nearly 20 years at Nike Inc, which included  Stan returned to Asia to setup operations for Oakley and now currently works for Under Armour leading their Hong Kong office. His diverse background in supporting the back end of the Design to Delivery process has allowed him to work with some of the best people & factories in the world and today we will talk about his thoughts and experiences in the area of Product Development

Today on Gems, Jeff had the chance to catch up with Swati Argade, Founder and Creative Director of Bhoomki, one of New York City’s leading destinations for sustainable fashion since 2012. In their conversation they get into what it means to build an ethical fashion brand, demystifying the consequences of fast fashion, and the future of fashion in a COVID-19 world, plus more. Check us out on Instagram @goodthin.gs to see what other good things we've got going on.

Lauren Devine is a materials specialist based in NYC, focused in fabric research and development, product development, sourcing, supply chain, and operations.  Lauren's corporate career has taken her from Ralph Lauren with  tailored wovens and tweeds, to Helmut Lang, setting up a domestic denim program for Hood By Air, sourcing for Telfar, fabrics and colors for Yeezy, materials director at Alexander Wang, and she is currently head of operations at CALA.

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A conversation with NYC based photographer, Jon Lopez, talking about his approach to creativity and the connections between the sport of basketball and art of photography. @JonLopez13

Caught up with Jason Mayden to talk about his design philosophies, entrepreneurship, the skills he’s developed over time, and where he sees the future potential for creatives. Before graduating from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit,MI, Mayden relentlessly pursued an opportunity to work at Nike, ultimately becoming the first African-American to become a design intern at Nike’s Beaverton, OR, headquarters. While working at Nike for 13 years, Mayden designed iconic footwear for athletes like Michael Jordan, working as both Jordan Brand’s Senior Global Design Director and Director of Innovation for Nike's Digital Sport division. To add to his list of accomplishments during those Nike years, Mayden also pursued a masters degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business at the same time. After Nike, he became the Vice President of Design at Mark One before co-founding Super Heroic, whose mission is to enrich and empower the lives of children and their parents through play. Mayden is a fellow and media designer at Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (also known as the d.School), a frequent lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, a regular columnist and blogger for Hypebeast Magazine and hypebeast.com and an advisory board member to his undergraduate alma mater, the College for Creative Studies.

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