Chances are you’ve had an idea. One that you’ve held on to for a while, occasionally taking it out for a polish, looking at it, thinking, refining.
Concrete Hermit is our idea. It’s not the same now as it was back in 2004 when we made our first T-shirts and started selling online. It’s not the same as when we began working with different artists. It has been polished since we published our first book, opened our gallery space and started putting on exhibitions. It has been refined since we redesigned our website for the fifth time, since we started a network of artists, exhibited in Tokyo, opened a shop in central London (and then closed it). It’s an idea that has evolved, an idea that is still being polished.
The idea has a strong core though – a nucleus of friendships, connections and collaborations and a commitment to quality, design, intelligence and enjoyment.
Concrete Hermit remains a small independent company. We produce clothing, books, exhibitions and prints and we curate three niche retail websites. We believe that commitment to ideas can triumph over meaningless lifestyle hype.
We are no longer sure what real is, but we’re doing our best to keep it real. We are Post Neo Old Skool.
