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How Your Vote Will Help Decide Which of These Nike Sneakers Gets Released

12 designers from around the world are competing to have their shoe produced and released by the brand.
Nike Air Max Vote Forward Designers
The designers competing in Nike's Vote Forward Air Max contest.
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With Nike‘s Vote Forward contest ending tomorrow, there’s still a chance to place your vote and help decide which designer’s Air Max sneakers get released to the public.

The contest coincides with Nike’s annual Air Max Day campaign, which traditionally takes place on March 26 but was extended to a monthlong celebration this year.

Vote Forward taps 12 influencers — coined “RevolutionAirs” by the brand — from around the world to create their own vision of an Air Max sneaker. Designers competing to have their concepts released include Sean Wotherspoon and Kyle Ng from Los Angeles, who discussed the process with FN earlier this month.

“Personally, I consider myself an Air Max enthusiast so I put the pressure on myself, like, ‘Man, you better not disappoint yourself,'” Wotherspoon told FN.

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As of 1 p.m. EST, Wotherspoon’s Air Max 97 x Air Max 1 hybrid design is leading the field, which also includes entries from Atremy Lebedev of Moscow; Lourdes Villagómez of Mexico City; Clement Blavoine of Amsterdam; Venus X of New York; Alexandra Hackett of London; Tianzhuo Chen of Beijing; Bünyamin Aydin of Istanbul; Naotaka Konno of Tokyo; Shangguan Zhe of Shanghai; and Fabrikr of Seoul, Korea.

Take a look at each entry below and be sure to make your voice heard by voting for your favorite design at nike.com/voteforward or via the Nike SNKRS mobile app.

Nike Vote Forward Leaderboard
The Nike Vote Forward leaderboard rankings as of 1 p.m. EST Friday.Nike
Nike Air Max Hybrid
Alexandra Hackett’s Nike Air Max hybrid design.Nike
Nike Air Max 97 x VaporMax
Artemy Lebedev’s Nike Air Max 97 x VaporMax design.Nike
Nike Air Max 97 Mid
Bunyamin Aydin’s Nike Air Max 97 Mid design.Nike
Nike Air Max 90 x Air Max 97
Celement Balavoine’s Nike Air Max 90 x Air Max 97 design.Nike
Nike Air Max 1 Flyknit
Kyle Ng’s Nike Air Max 1 Flyknit design.Nike
Nike Air Max 1 x Air Max 90
Lourdes Villagómez’s Nike Air Max 1 x Air Max 90 design.Nike
Nike Air Max 97 Flykni
Naotaka Konno’s Nike Air Max 97 Flyknit design.Nike
Nike VaporMax Hybrid
Shannguan Zhe’s Nike VaporMax hybrid design.Nike
Nike Air Max 97 x Air Max 1
Sean Wotherspoon’s Nike Air Max 97 x Air Max 1 design.Nike
Nike VaporMax Hybrid
Chen Tianzhuo’s Nike VaporMax hybrid design.Nike
Nike Air Max 97 x VaporMax Hybrid
Venus X’s Nike Air Max 97 x VaporMax hybrid boot design.Nike
Nike Air Max 1
Fabrikr’s Nike Air Max 1 design.Nike

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