Tinker Hatfield, the man behind designing many highly popular silhouettes for the Air Jordan brand made sure he had has creative cap on when designing the Jordan 4 silhouette for Michael Jordan. Tinker Hatfield designed and released the Air Jordan 4 silhouette in 1989 and the popularity for the trainer has continued to surge in recent years.

The Air Jordan 4 was the first trainer to have an over-molded mesh. To create the holed mesh effect, Tinker dipped the mesh in a soft plastic and blew air through it to clear out the plastic in-between.