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Nike's Mark Parker on Imagination, Innovation and Art
We sat down in Rio with the figurehead of the sports behemoth to talk Lee McQueen, his ever-growing art collection, and the best piece of advice he's ever received
PhotographyJane StockdalePhotographic EditorHolly HayTextMaisie Skidmore
Lead ImageMark ParkerPhotography by Jane Stockdale
It takes a truly insatiable creative appetite to find your way to the top at Nike, a company which has long been acclaimed for gnawing at the bit when it comes to innovation in design.
Mark parker art collection
In the case of Mark Parker, who this year celebrates his tenth anniversary as chief executive officer of the company (and his 37th, no less, as a designer there) his hunger for the new is as acute now as it ever was.
By placing values accrued through his rigorous design training at the forefront of what the sportswear behemoth does, Parker has played a key part in revolutionising sportswear. In short, form follows function, and there is alw