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A Kind Of Guise

A NICE HELPING OF INDO-INSPIRED SARTORIAL STYLE


 

THE PROJECT:

A Kind Of Guise is an acclaimed Munich-based fashion house that champions design that is contemporary yet timeless, classy yet functional.


They only use carefully selected high-quality fabrics and manufacture our pieces entirely in Germany.


Each season, they take to the road to venture to a far-flung exotic location to draw inspiration for their new collection.


As part of their Ayam Cemani SS19 collection, I was asked to illustrate a fabric pattern that combined high-low Balinese culture and an old-school Hawaiian shirt.

 

THE APPROACH:

I drew up a pattern that incorporated a bunch of decidedly cliché Balinese icons such as:

  • palm trees;

  • Bintang cans;

  • Hindu temples;

  • cock fighting; and

  • Balinese dancers.

I then coloured these icons in a muted colour palette that complemented - but not mirrored - the tones that traditionally adorn classic batik fabrics.

 

THE RESULTS:

The finished pattern became a foundational motif in the collection with it being applied to a silk shirt, swim shorts and a scarf.


The shirt and shorts retailed between EUR150 and EUR200 and sold out within days.

 

LINKS & MORE INFO

A Kind of Guise is a German brand that offers a wide range of menswear, womenswear and accessories. Besides their seasonal collections, which are released twice a year, they also provide never out of stock products for your daily wardrobe.


Their design is contemporary yet timeless, classy yet functional. They only use carefully selected high-quality fabrics and manufacture all their pieces entirely in Germany.


They're globally stocked in around 90 boutiques and department stores as well as in their own retail outposts in Munich and Berlin.


Mat Faint Design Co. is a one-man, independent design agency and illustration studio based in Sydney, Australia. Got a crisp piece of apparel you need coloured-in? Get in touch and we can get to work putting together a real nice illustrated pattern for your kit.



Animals At Work

AN EARLY INTRODUCTION TO ANIMALS AND THE WORLD OF WORK

 

THE PROJECT:

Initially starting out as a little daily Instagram challenge, Animals at Work developed into a fully-fledged baby book that introduced young learners to three concepts at once:

  1. the alphabet;

  2. the animal world; and

  3. the world of work.

I published the book and sold both hard and soft copy versions via Etsy and some select retailers in Sydney.

 

MORE INFO

Mat Faint Design Co. is a desk in an apartment in Sydney, Australia manned by graphic designer and illustrator Mat Faint. Mat is in the process of creating a nice little collection of illustrated children's books, both self-published and for larger publishers such as MultiLit. At time of print (post), Mat is on track to illustrate 12 books in 2020.



Good Guise

GIVING COLOUR TO A GLOBAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19

 

THE PROJECT:

Good Guise is a German face mask brand that was rapidly launched as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


The brand was developed by a the Munich-based fashion house A Kind Of Guise as a way to keep their manufacturers working during the start of the crisis and to help Germany keep up with the unprecedented demand for face masks.


I was asked to develop a diverse set of clean, crisp illustrations that would emphasise the sense of global solidarity that arose as a response to this border-less health challenge.

 

THE APPROACH:

I created a large suite of portraits that represented a wide variety of cultures and did so in the Good Guise brand colours.


I also created a succession of images to help direct users on the correct way to sterilise, put-on and wear a Good Guise mask.

 

LINKS & MORE INFO

Good Guise is a Munich-based brand that designs and manufactures face masks in Germany. The brand was developed by fashion house A Kind Of Guise and was created as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Mat Faint Design Co. is a one-man, independent design agency and illustration studio based in Sydney, Australia. I (Mat) help businesses of all sizes to encapsulate, amplify and communicate their strengths visually through elegant design and resplendent illustration.



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