[04] IN SHORT
- Founded
- 2015, Trieste, Italy, as the idea of a multidisciplinary lifestyle brand
- Developed
- 2020
- Launched
- 17 November 2021, after the Misurina photograph
- Founder
- RR
- What
- A design studio and lifestyle brand working across clothing, objects, fragrance, sound and image
- Inspired by
- Nature observed outside, from the Carso to the Adriatic
- Not
- Technical or performance outdoor gear
- Made in
- Each piece states where it was made
01 / THE PHOTO
[04] began in 2015 as an idea: a studio and a lifestyle brand that would move across disciplines. Clothing, objects, scent, sound, image. In 2020 that idea became a studio. In 2021, a photograph taken at Lake Misurina became a design for a client, who rejected it. A month later it became a sweater. We put €50 into ads, and the idea spread. On 17 November 2021, we opened our first drop.
02 / OUTSIDE
We go outside, observe and return to the studio. From the Carso to the Adriatic coast. Bark, rock, moss, water. What we find becomes part of the work.
Every colour has a source. Our green, Muschio #808D45, comes from a version of our wordmark that looks partly taken back by moss. We kept it that way.
03 / WHAT BREAKS
Not everything worked. Samples came back wrong, deadlines slipped, drops arrived late. We'd rather delay a piece than ship one that isn't right.
04 / THE SIGNAL
The bars above our name are 04 in Morse code. Most people never notice. That's fine.
05 / THE DROPS
[04] is a world to take part in. Different releases have different rules and different ways to participate.
Reserve helps us produce closer to real demand. Reverse changes the price according to the rules of the release. Hidden drops create a reason for our community to come together and spend time outside.
EXPLORE DROP SYSTEMS ↗
THE LINES
We work in four lines: Artifacts, Your Everyday Skin, Surrounded by Nature and Common Ground. Explore the lines.
Each piece has a name, a line and a documented origin.
[04]-STUDIOS™ / Trieste, Italy