Following the Air Max 90 in the Air Max lineup and released the same year as the iterative Air Max BW, the Air Max 180 was released by Nike in 1991. Designed by Tinker Hatfield alongside Bruce Kilgore, the 180 introduced a new version of the Swoosh’s signature cushioning tech. Nike’s Director of Cushioning Innovation, David Forland, removed the foam between the Air-Sole unit and the outsole, and the result allowed for an even bigger Air unit and one that wasn’t just visible from the lateral and medial sides, but from beneath the shoe, too.