Rick Maderis
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ABOUT

Multi-Disciplinary Designer currently working full-time in Footwear. Senior Color Designer: Under Armour Basketball + Curry Brand

I help craft and amplify Product, Merchandising and Marketing initiatives with Color, Story and Graphics. I've worked in various design roles for 10+ years and founded a company that designs pocket knives and eating tools.

In Footwear, Sportswear and Accessories, I’ve enjoyed helping to build head-to-toe collections, Special Projects, Quickstrikes and charitable works including but limited to Make-A-Wish, Doernbecher, ASPCA, The Purple Hearts Foundation and Keep-A-Breast Foundation.

With large bodies of creative for Adidas, Nike, Jordan Brand, Under Armor and Curry Brand; The Pacific Northwest is where call home. When people ask what do I actually do I tell them this: UA Basketball Footwear Color for Men’s, Women’s & Youth Inline • Curry Brand Footwear Color for Men’s & Youth • Player Editions for Stephen Curry • Player Editions for De’Aaron Fox • Curry Brand Golf Footwear Color • VLP’s • Technical Color Packages • Technical graphic packages • Color Separations + Design Lead for Curry Brand x Bruce Lee Foundation and Tuff Crowd 2023.

All of this work required(s) #teamwork

This level of Product & Design requires the sweet balance between high-level complex problem solving, strong and effective communication, being a customer and believing in your teammates, discipline, staying organized and having fun too.

rickmaderis@gmail.com / info@burnsideknives.com

Multi-Disciplinary Designer currently working full-time in Footwear.

Senior Color Designer: Under Armour Basketball + Curry Brand

I help craft and amplify Product, Merchandising and Marketing initiatives with Color, Story and Graphics. I've worked in various design roles for 10+ years and founded a company that designs pocket knives and eating tools.

In Footwear, Sportswear and Accessories, I’ve enjoyed helping to build head-to-toe collections, Special Projects, Quickstrikes and charitable works including but limited to Make-A-Wish, Doernbecher, ASPCA, The Purple Hearts Foundation and Keep-A-Breast Foundation.

With large bodies of creative for Adidas, Nike, Jordan Brand, Under Armor and Curry Brand; The Pacific Northwest is where call home. When people ask what do I actually do I tell them this:

Current: UA Basketball & Curry Brand Footwear Color for Men’s, Women’s & Youth Inline, Player Editions for Stephen Curry, De’Aaron Fox, Golf Footwear, VLP’s, Technical Color Packages, Technical Graphic Packages, Color Separations and design lead on Curry Brand x Bruce Lee Foundation collaboration. You can also see my work on Stephen Curry’s 12 Olympics, Pangu Asia Tour, Curry 12 Year of The Snake and All-Star 2025 What The Bay.

Previous: While an ETW in NIKEiD as a Product Designer, I helped to create KD9 Olympics, Lebron 13 25K Point Club (remeber when he ripped his jersey… that shoe) Dolomite, Lake Erie, Kyrie 2 Father’s Day and Kobe 11 Mamba Day. These works started on Lebron 12 Unlocked and moved into helping color Air Max 1 HTM NIKEiD.

When I moved over to Jordan an an ETW working I headwear then apparel techpacks I helped create Air Jordan 1 Vogue collection briefed by Gemo Wong. I then became a FTE with later works including retro editions for Air Jordan 1,3,4,6,8 and graphics for 34,35,36. A Stretch Assignment Request lead to Nike Running resulting in the Alpha Fly 3 Logo and Graphics creation. The pandemic hit and I really got to work on Burnside Knives and freelancing with Roundhouse, A Marketing Agency in Portland, Oregon and worked on an Adidas Dame 9 campaign before joining Under Armour as a Sr. Color Designer.

FUN FACT: All of this work required(s) #teamwork This level of Product & Design requires the sweet balance between high-level complex problem solving, strong and effective communication, being a customer and believing in your teammates, discipline, staying organized and having fun too.

REAL TALK: I wish I recorded the expression on my parents face when I told them I was dropping out of college, I wasn’t going to pursue Sociology, rather, I found a flyer at Jamba Juice and I got a job as an Artist Assistant restoring the San Luis Obispo Mission. Ten months later my Dad called and said I needed to go back to school and do this thing called Graphic Design.