What happens when you put a graphic designer like Anne Hilken and a fashion designer like Christian Kurt in the same studio? You get ANNTIAN—a Berlin-based line of menswear that incorporates hand-painting and paper-printing techniques into eco-friendly fashion design, all locally made!
Since 2006, Anne and Christian have been creating their own direction in both life and creative work, transferring the aesthetics of conceptual sculptures and artistic forms to menswear. But to what extent can you transfer abstract thoughts to practical garments before they clash?
Directives—we are all subject to directives in life. Marriam-Webster defines ‘directives’ as “something that serves to direct, guide, and usually impel toward an action or goal.”
So what directives are you subject to in life and your creative work, and where do you start to feel boundaries in what is possible or not possible to perform?
This is the essence of Directives, ANNTIAN's 2009 a/w collection.
Photo 2009 a/w collection Copyright ANNTIAN.
Slide show 2009 a/w collection Copyright ANNTIAN.
