Peter Moore, a Force in the 1980s Sneaker Revolution, Dies at 78

Peter Colin Moore was born on Feb. 21, 1944, in Cleveland. His father, Raymond, was a profession Navy officer. His mom, Mary (Jameson) Moore, was a homemaker.

After graduating from the Chouinard Artwork Institute in Los Angeles with a bachelor’s diploma in graphic design in 1969, he labored for a design studio, which he ultimately acquired. He moved to Portland in 1972 and spent a 12 months there as inventive director of the paper firm Georgia-Pacific. He then opened a design studio within the metropolis and landed Nike as a consumer a number of years later. He joined the corporate as inventive director in 1983.

After 4 years at Nike, Mr. Moore teamed up with Mr. Strasser and his spouse, Julie Strasser, of their consulting enterprise, Sports activities Inc., which did intensive work with the German-based firm Adidas. Adidas acquired their firm in 1993, renaming it Adidas America. The corporate’s purpose was to resuscitate the Adidas footwear and attire model, which in recent times had fallen behind Nike, Reebok and different corporations in North America.

“Rob and Peter performed off one another’s strengths,” Ms. Strasser mentioned in a cellphone interview. “They had been very tight and had every thing in widespread when it got here to understanding sports activities manufacturers. They knew what made Nike tick and what made Adidas tick.”

When Mr. Strasser died in October 1993, Mr. Moore was promoted from inventive director to president, however he stepped down in about 1995 and went again to being inventive director.

Amongst his achievements with Adidas, as a advisor after which as an government, had been the introduction of the EQT line of sneakers and sportswear, which was lauded for returning Adidas to its roots, and the creation of a brand new company brand that took the acquainted three stripes that had adorned the perimeters of Adidas sneakers and redeployed them into the form of a mountain. It’s now Adidas’s major brand.

He additionally signed the Denver Nuggets’ rookie middle, Dikembe Mutombo, to a signature shoe and attire deal in 1992, and was concerned 4 years later in Kobe Bryant’s take care of Adidas.