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THE ARSENAL OPINION - BY LE GROVE

INTERVIEW SPECIAL: ICONIC NIKE ARSENAL KIT DESIGNER, DRAKE RAMBERG

THE ARSENAL OPINION - BY LE GROVE

LE GROVE MEDIA LLC

Sports, Soccer

4.6714 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On this special episode of The Arsenal Opinion, we sit down with legendary Nike kit designer Drake Ramberg—the creative mind behind some of the most iconic Arsenal shirts of the '90s and early 2000s. From designing the lightning bolt kit that helped redefine Arsenal’s image, to wild goalkeeper shirts that broke every rule, Drake takes us on a journey through his career—from growing up in Portland and falling in love with art and sport, to reshaping European football aesthetics with Nike. We talk: Cultural immersion and the design process at Nike How Arsenal's shift from Adidas to Nike sparked a creative revolution Working on kits for PSG, Dortmund, and the Italian national team That David Seaman star shirt 😍 Why hoop socks should make a comeback How club identity and bold design choices go hand-in-hand If you’re a kit nerd, a design junkie, or just nostalgic for when football shirts were actual pieces of art—this one is a must-listen. This Arsenal Opinion pod was recorded on FRIDAY. If you want the audio FRESH when it lands, sign up to our: Patreon (7-day free trial): https://www.patreon.com/c/TheArsenalOpinion Newsletter: https://www.le-grove.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When we started this podcast, and I say started in the loosest sense, because we were essentially three people in a cheap rented office space yelling at a single laptop.

0:10.9

It was all vibes and no infrastructure.

0:12.9

You think spicy hot takes six times a week is hard.

0:15.7

Try setting up a podcast brand, figuring out artwork, editing audio, managing social pose, handling a website. It is exhausting.

0:23.0

You wear every hat. And trust me, not all of them fit. If we had something like Shopify in our

0:27.8

corner when we were getting going, maybe we wouldn't have spent an inordinate amount of time

0:32.1

trying to design a website that looked like it came out of 2006.

0:44.0

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just starting out, maybe like some of you listening right now. You can build your own online store

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to actually find your people, not just beg your mum to share your posts, and handle all the grown-up stuff like inventory, shipping and returns with world-class support.

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So if you've got a big idea, maybe you want to launch an Arsenal merch line that actually slaps, there's no better time to start.

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UK forward slash aop.

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Only one thing can match

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the buzz of Primes fast delivery.

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