Adolf's Workshop Notebook Until Death

“Oblivious to the business aspects of Adidas, Adolf continued to walk around with his notepad and to tinker in his workshop. The obsession that drove him perpetually to seek improvements for his shoes never appeared to fade. Over fives decades he regis- tered nearly seven hundred patents to his name, ranging from the screw-in studs to minute inventions that would stir only the most fanatical shoe buffs.”