An Interview with Lead Design of NIKE Sportswear *Gemo Wong* [Video]

"The road that I took there are tons of bumps, probably more bumps than successes, but what I have tried to learn is those lessons through those bumps. With every loss there is a lesson. That mindset is what has made me a better person and a better designer."- Gemo Wong

This is an aspiring and one of a kind interview with Lead Designer of Nike Sportswear Gemo Wong.  Gemo Wong takes the time to speak with HueTv in takes the interview behind the scenes at Nike's corporate office.  Gemo Wong has run the operations at such veracious Urban Brands like Enyce, Phat Farm, Girbaud and Sean John.   

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Foreword + interview by Justin Lintag
Stills by Kenn Navarra, Androne Ravalo
Film by Mario & Marlon Soriano

"Passion drives Nike, and it also drives the culture."- Gemo Wong (Source)

 

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With pain comes beauty…

To the context of the everyday man, or so called anthropoid… “I’ve always wanted to use that word”… one must understand that beauty is skin deep.  Now from the context of several diligent and sedulous entrepreneurs, suffering and struggle are both characteristics that become disciplines and arts over time.  As suffering and struggle compound over time, and as days turn into years, disciplines become diamonds.   Very intriguing allusions to understand, but over time and through the value of pain… become everyday figures of speech.   The following quote states it best…..
 
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

As I took about a week or two from writing, I couldn’t help but to feel the pain from not typing or holding a pen.  Through the years, the simple form of expression has acted as a form of therapy and with some direction, I have learned to use it as a leveraging tool.   Hence the beauty of the allusion above…”with pain comes beauty.”   Furthermore…master your pain…and over time…. you will master your craft… #Vereour Nusquam    

Rediscover your natural persistence...

A great excerpt from the 50th Law written by Robert Greene and 50 Cent on persistence and mastering your craft..

This is the dilemma we all face: to accomplish anything worthwhile in life generally takes some time—often in blocks of years. But we are creatures who find it very hard to manage such long periods. We are immersed in the day-to-day; our emotions fluctuate with each encounter. We have immediate desires we are constantly working to satisfy. In that long period of time that we need to reach a goal, we are assailed by a thousand distractions and temptations that seem more interesting. We lose sight of our objectives and end up following some detour. This is the source of so many of the failures in our lives.



To force yourself past any obstacle or temptation, you must be persistent. As children we all had this quality because we were single-minded; you must simply rediscover and redevelop this character trait. First, you must understand the role that your energy level plays in mastering a process and bringing something to completion. If you take on added goals or new tasks, your focus will be broken up and you will never attain what you wanted in the first place. You cannot persist on two or three paths, so avoid that temptation. Second, try breaking things up into smaller blocks of time. You have a large goal, but there are steps along the way, and steps within the steps. These steps represent months instead of years. Reaching these smaller goals gives you a sense of tangible reward and progress. This will make it easier for you to resist any diversions along the way and fearlessly push ahead. Remember: anything will give way to a sustained, persistent attack on your part.

"An interview is like Poetry"-Shawn Carter

"An interview is like Poetry", exclaims Jay Z.   As one who has come up from the specks of Brooklyn, the fluidity of the mind must constantly be peerless to all those whom stand in front of him.  In the short video produced by BInk, Hit Boy honors the great by correlating his thought patterns with Mr. Carters early mindset.   Kanye West also takes a bite or two at the young lad.  A great video for those on the come up...  (Source)

Bruce Lee on following the crowd...

 “I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. “ -Bruce Lee

Fear is perhaps the greatest enemy of candor...

As a young assiduous mind, one tends to constantly test the boundaries of colleagues, friends, and family.  As society tends to play a stockade on one’s mind, one must constantly remind himself that he cannot surrender to the masses.  The world of an “Entrepreneur” is quite lonesome and demanding, but it is also quite liberating and rewarding.  Just remember, life in itself is liberating and rewarding, therefore we must do everything in our capacities to break away from the shackles of the norm, and it is only then when you’re subconscious and creative mind will be set free. Food for thought…

 

"Fear is perhaps the greatest enemy of candor. How many men fear to follow their conscience because they would rather conform to the opinion of other men than to the truth they know in their hearts! How can I be sincere if I am constantly changing my mind to conform with the shadow of what I think others expect of me?"- Thomas Merton  

Make the most of what you have...

“Abundance makes us rich in dreams, for in dreams there are no limits. But it makes us poor in reality. It makes us soft and decadent, bored with what we have and in need of constant shocks to remind us that we are alive. In life you must be a warrior, and war requires realism. While others may find beauty in endless dreams, warriors find it in reality., in awareness of limits, in making the most of what they have. ... Warriors focus on what they do have, the strengths that they do possess and that they must use creatively. Knowing when to slow down, to renew, to retrench, they outlast their opponents. They play for the long term." - The 33 Strategies of War