MINI Gets its Kicks with a Tiger

Nice to see Onitsuka Tiger on board! Lets hope these limit editions make it to US shores.

These will probably cost a lot more than a similar-quality shoe of this type. I do think they’re great, but I am very curious to see how much of a premium these will go for…

Any idea on pricing?

I have an old pair of sketchers that look just like these.

Crocs are the ultimate road trip shoe anyway ; )

What, no blue color combo? :(

I always thought that Ben Sherman would be a good brand to team up with.

I swear by Asics Tiger running shoes. I find they are the best for me and I have never had a dud pair. I am surprised that BMW/MINI do not have an alliance with German Adidas (Adolph “Adi” Dassler is a native german and his brother formed Puma after a family split).

Dullsville! Maybe they should seek out Simple, Oakley, Adidas, Sparco, Simpson, Alpine Stars, Piloti…. Hell even Bell could do a better job that that. I mean is it going to have a MINI logo? They just look like Asics, boring ones at that. Add some double bonnet stripes something, checks, a bull dog?

Crikey, anyone can custom design a pair of Nikes at their website better than those and have them shipped in 5 days.

I’m sure you wouldn’t Gabe, I’m sure you wouldn’t. Seems you like that I’m too hip to bother with logos look [mini motion] and I like to logo up stuff or at least stick the MINI logo or name on the bottom. For me unless it’s marked in someway that says it’s a MINI product why bother paying the extra for them, just buy Asics. Kinda like buying a MINI t-shirt with no logo, car or name, what’s the point? So you don’t wear Nikes, Pumas or anything marked? I have a pair of Puma Ferrari shoes, love them. They have the Scuderia logo on the heal, all red, So kool. But then I like eggs.

I’d like to hear what you think on this issue as a design director. I never reached that height as I was only a lowly graphic designer. A lower life form to be sure. I picture you as sort of a Behar man. ;-)

I think they’re doing a fine job of staying true to the Tiger look without going off the deep end. It would be all too easy to simply tack on a few MINI’isms and call it a day. What’s harder is to make a cohesive design incorporating MINI brand-identifiers which still look cool.

The subtle Punch-Carbon embossing, Chocolate Brown color, silver metal Headlamp eyelets, all hint towards MINI without hitting you over the head with it. I could wear these out to any non-MINI event and none would be the wiser, however, for those of us in the know…

…and I’m not even a graphic designer

Tigers? And here I thought Kill Bill killed these shoes a few years ago. I fear MINI is not keeping up. And Cj… Birkenstocks? Are you kidding me?

Meant to write “tread”

Matt, as I said above to each his own.

I thought this was supposed to be a fun discussion so if I somehow tweaked anyones ego, I apologize. Also, I did miss the link to the shoe design so some of my ravings were wrong, some.

Yes I do own many of those brands above and I am a designer as I’m sure you know. Most of those shoes are from my off road driving days, what else would I wear? I think the Ferrari Puma’s are spot on but I only wear them on track days and such. I stopped coming here for a long time as it seemed many got to serious about these things. I’m just having fun with a silly subject and never intended to upset anyone. They’re just shoes guy, just shoes.