Partners

We work with leading mills, brands, and experts around the world to deliver quality products and driven innovation.

Agata Jasinska

Performance Sportswear & Lifestyle Designer

Agata Jasinska is a Performance Sportswear and Lifestyle Designer with extensive experience across high-performance cycling, training, running, and technical lifestyle apparel. Formerly Senior Lifestyle Designer at Rapha, she spent eight years developing collections that balance technical innovation with refined aesthetics, with deep expertise in materials, construction, and technical finishes.

Now working independently, Agata partners with brands globally to lead the full product lifecycle from concept and design direction through to material development, tech packs, fittings. Her work spans performance apparel, technical outerwear, and sport-specific collections, with a focus on precision, functionality, and considered design.

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Andy Barr

Brand & Product Management

Andy is a product and brand leader with C-Level experience at adidas and FILA.

Taking a consumer first approach he specializes in transformational product and brand building.

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Vince Etcheverry

Footwear Design & Creative Direction

With over two decades of experience, Vince designs sneakers for the brands that set the pace of the industry.

His work, ranging from niche collaborations to global campaigns—is defined by a mastery of form and function.

Vince doesn't just design for the moment; he uses years of insight to create footwear that feels purposeful, functional, and inevitable.

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Richard Ward

Footwear Design Leadership

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma, Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

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Richard Ward

Footwear Design Leadership

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma, Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

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Richard Ward

Footwear Design Leadership

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma, Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

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Richard Ward

Footwear Design Leadership

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma, Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

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Richard Ward

Footwear Design Leadership

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma, Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

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Agata Jasinska

Performance Sportswear & Lifestyle Designer

Agata Jasinska is a Performance Sportswear and Lifestyle Designer with extensive experience across high-performance cycling, training, running, and technical lifestyle apparel. Formerly Senior Lifestyle Designer at Rapha, she spent eight years developing collections that balance technical innovation with refined aesthetics, with deep expertise in materials, construction, and technical finishes.

Now working independently, Agata partners with brands globally to lead the full product lifecycle from concept and design direction through to material development, tech packs, fittings. Her work spans performance apparel, technical outerwear, and sport-specific collections, with a focus on precision, functionality, and considered design.

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Vince Etcheverry

Footwear Design & Creative Direction

With over two decades of experience, Vince designs sneakers for the brands that set the pace of the industry. His work—ranging from niche collaborations to global campaigns—is defined by a mastery of form and function. Vince doesn't just design for the moment; he uses years of insight to create footwear that feels purposeful, functional, and inevitable.

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Andy Barr

Brand & Product Management

Andy is a product and brand leader with C-Level experience at adidas and FILA. Taking a consumer first approach he specializes in transformational product and brand building.

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Richard Ward

Senior Design Lead - Footwear

Richard is a senior design leader with 18+ years of global experience across performance, lifestyle, and fashion, having worked with adidas, Puma,Converse, Karhu, STAND+, Lanvin, FootJoy, Mount to Coast, FILA, Kappa, Zellerfeld and a number of start up brands. His work spans football, running, outdoor, basketball, tennis, golf and lifestyle, where he led category relaunches, built and transformed design teams, and delivered brand-defining products at global scale.

“Having collaborated with many of the industry's leading footwear brands, I have honed my skills in strategic design thinking, combining business acumen with product creation to deliver world class, consumer focused designs. Over the last three years, I have collaborated with CEOs, founders, celebrities, and luxury fashion houses, gaining a deep understanding of the creative, business, and strategic elements required to build and sustain successful ventures of all sizes.”

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George Cunningham

Designer - Menswear

George Cunningham is a menswear ready-to-wear, graphic, and accessories designer based in Sydney, Australia. His independent practice is centred on research-heavy, design-forward thinking that translates conceptual ideas into contemporary design solutions.

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WHY OUR PARTNERS MATTER

Our partners bring strength in materials, technology, and design.
Together, we deliver better products and faster paths to market for the brands we serve.

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