LOOMED, POURED, WOVEN, PRINTED, HARVESTED, CRAFTED, CUT, LASHED, TIED, BLENDED, SEWN, STITCHED, CAST, BLOWN, SCULPTED, KNITTED, MOLDED, GLAZED, AND CARRIED BY HAND.
small trade company, founded in 2011 by Matt Dick, seeks to provide a field on which multiple creative endeavors operate, integrate and trigger unexpected relationships through an approach that considers enjoyment in the process of making things by hand of primary worth.
Matt Dick is a designer and creative director. His work in textile and clothing design, fashion branding, and product development has kept him involved in the Japanese market since 1997, although he is based in San Francisco. After eight years working for Tamotsu Yagi Design, he opened Matocreative, continuing to work in the areas of clothing and costume design, space design, and art direction. He is the creative director behind INTERNATIONALORANGE SPA and spent 2 years as guest faculty in the Design and Technology department of the San Francisco Art Institute, opened Harputs MARKET, created the opening staff uniform at bardessono along with the shop. Currently he is the creative force behind many of the uniform and workwear coordinations for san francisco’s most loved baristas, catering teams, hotels and restaurants even a few merchants and small tradespeople making the formation of his new company a natural next step.
