Hello, my name is Shawn Wenzel.
I’m a designer based out of Des Moines Iowa. I have a passion for creativity and problem-solving. With over 27 years of experience working for industry leader Nike. While at Nike, I had the pleasure of working with some of the world’s top athletes, teams & federations. My area of expertise is in the apparel & footwear industry, with a focus on art direction, graphic design, and illustration. If you have a project that needs an innovative solution let’s talk.
Below you will find a small sampling of my work while at Nike from 1992 - 2019. Along with a few other projects… If you would love to chat or discuss business opportunities feel free to email me at rs.wenzel@yahoo.com
Responsible for designing and setting the seasonal graphic & print direction. Alignment to Brand & Creative directives was a must. Required working cross-functionally with multiple partners, inclusive of merchandising, product management, development, footwear material, and color design.
ATHLETIC TRAINING
Responsibilities included seasonal and advanced concepting for innovative performance-based graphics and their application.
ATHLETIC TRAINING
Athletic Training graphic work tonality. Power up, go hard mindset!
ATHLETIC TRAINING
2018 Winter Olympics. As the Art Director I managed and worked with a team of talented designers across different disciplines. We produced some of the most innovative design solutions in apparel for use by world-class athletes, teams, and federations.
GLOBAL PROMO APPAREL
2016 & 2020 Summer Olympics. We produced some of the most innovative design solutions in apparel. From competition, medal stand, and village wear.
GLOBAL PROMO APPAREL
Olympic details. Adhering to the strict USOC, and IIHF guidelines. My team and I were responsible for the creation of the overall uniform base aesthetic. Creating an innovative trim package from word marks, badging, numbering, and any other secondary marks across all product types.
GLOBAL PROMO APPAREL
As the Art Director/Designer, I was responsible for the creation and ideation process of any given identity project. Projects were given the status of Evolution or Revolution. A lot of the time we would work in a small group setting in order to achieve the desired results.
GLOBAL IDENTITY GROUP
Typography, word marks, and hand-drawn type were just part of my palette in order to achieve the desired result.
LOGO TYPOGRAPHY WORK
Early in my career, I worked in the Sports graphics department designing a wide range of graphics. Some of the core branding initiatives around Nike, Air, JDI, and Swoosh. As well as athlete-driven tees..
LOGO TYPOGRAPHY WORK
Prints were created and applied to product in varying ways to help convey the narrative of set direction. This was the case across Footwear and Apparel.
PRINT WORK
Sports Culture footwear design. From a marketing supplied brief create an original shoe design, graphics, and print solutions. Required detailed schematics for each design used in the manufacturing process.
FOOTWEAR SPORT CULTURE
Sports Culture footwear design. We would create themed footwear packs. This is one of my original creations from the Graffiti series
FOOTWEAR SPORT CULTURE
Personal illustration/photoshop work. Ape NFT art.
ILLUSTRATION & PHOTOSHOP
Nike Racing 1998-2001/Starter 2006-2008 Created Raceday, Travel and Garage gear.
STARTER RACING / NIKE INC.