I have been fortunate to work on a variety of kayak designs in the past but this fishing style boat was a favorite of mine. Moving through ideas quickly with a feature rich product such as this was a challenge, but also a great experience. Not dwelling on every detail on the concept sketch helped my work evolve and my line-work style continue to develop. Usually our projects with Dick’s Sporting Goods are fast sprints and we don’t fully see what happens to the ideas we deliver. In this case, we moved through several rounds of work and later found the team at Field and Stream modeled up something quite reminiscent of my designs.
Work for DICK’s Sporting Goods in 2019