ADMISSION:
Admission is free. RSVP beginning Monday, March 2, at 10 a.m.

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DESCRIPTION:
Nike’s recently retired Chief Innovation Officer, John Hoke, now the Chairman of the Board at MillerKnoll, will discuss the power and possibility of design and creativity throughout the world. Following an introduction by award-winning architect Mark Rios, Hoke will be in conversation with Brett Steele, dean of the USC School of Architecture.

As Chief Design Officer for 15 years, Hoke was responsible for envisioning the future of sport and directed an international creative community of more than 1,000 designers charged with inspiring and innovating while designing hundreds of apparel and footwear styles each year. Every item Hoke played a role in creating encapsulated a story, a data-backed purpose, and a sense of progress. Hoke worked with Nike for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2025. Prior to Nike, Hoke was a designer at Michael Graves Architecture & Design in Princeton, New Jersey. His work included architectural, industrial, and graphic design for a wide variety of international clients.

“The only constant we have is change,” says Hoke. “Designers are here on the planet to keep making progress. In whatever field you have, whatever industry, whatever focus you have, it should be about progressing the lovely human experience forward more equitably, more sustainably, opening the aperture to all.”

This event marks the third installment of Crossing Design Borders, an annual speaker series supported by an endowment established in 2023 at the USC School of Architecture to advance interdisciplinary design. The series brings together professionals who work across boundaries and disciplines to create, innovate, and think differently about the built environment.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices in partnership with the USC School of Architecture.

Photo: Provided by John Hoke. All Rights Reserved.