About

Everything we make, nature takes back. [04] is what's left.

[04]-STUDIOS™ is an independent design studio and lifestyle brand in Trieste, Italy. We make clothing and objects that begin outside. From the Adriatic coast to the world.

[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

FOUNDER NOTE

[04] was a dream long before it was a studio. I was above Lake Misurina, looking towards the mountain on the other side of the lake. The light was beautiful, so I stopped and took a photograph.

That photograph became the starting point for our first sweater. It's a simple idea that still guides the studio: go outside, pay attention, come back and make something.

RR / FOUNDER, [04]-STUDIOS™

Founder portrait photographed in June 2020
FOUNDER PORTRAIT / JUNE 2020

THE FIRST PIECE / FW21

MISURINA Printed Sweater, the first piece by [04]-STUDIOS™

[04] / ART · FW21

MISURINA.

The first piece. A printed sweater made from a photograph taken at Lake Misurina. Released on 17 November 2021.

ORIGINAL FW21 / SOLD OUT

2 143,00 kr

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[04]-STUDIOS™TRIESTE, ITALYFROM THE ADRIATIC COAST TO THE WORLD.