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BERK STUDIOS

A clothing label taken from an empty page to an international customer. The marks were drawn first, the garments were developed with manufacturers and put into production, and the brand was carried to market through paid, organic, influencer and email. Every plate on this page was pulled by the same person.

Sector

Fashion & DTC e-commerce

Role

Founder — brand, product and growth

Year

2021 — Present

BERK STUDIOSFinal pull — all three plates
§01.1

The three plates

A press builds an image one plate at a time. None of them makes the picture alone. These three were pulled by the same person.

Plate 01 · K

Brand & creative

Nothing existed before this plate. The wordmark, monogram and emblem were drawn first, then pushed through every surface they had to survive on — woven tags, embossed leather, embroidery, printed mailers. Campaign concepts, scripts and moodboards set the art direction, and the shoots were organised and directed against it, in photography and in film.

Identity, applied12 items

The BS monogram, drawn as a single interlocking mark
The BERK wordmark with its reversed R
The standalone B mark
The BS mark in its swept alternate form
Metal-eyeleted hangtag held in hand
Reverse of the hangtag, carrying a scannable code
Debossed leather patch, two finishes tested side by side
Tonal embroidered emblem on a heavyweight garment
The emblem embroidered across the back of a hood
Brand print applied to production packaging
Printed shipping mailer
Mailers stacked and ready for fulfilment

Art direction5 items

Moodboard: movement and motion reference
Moodboard: gesture and silhouette study
Moodboard: styling and proportion reference
Moodboard: figure and staging reference
Moodboard: colour and location reference

Campaign photography10 items

Two figures in the racing-stripe jacket and hooded outerwear
Studio portrait against a hand-painted backdrop
Studio portrait in the washed hoodie
Night exterior, two looks shot on wet ground
Seated pair in outerwear and denim
Street portrait of two figures
Doorway portrait, tee and denim
Full-length look photographed at a garden pavilion
Landscape frame with the look placed in the garden
Detail frame: sock and footwear styling on cobblestone

Film6 items

Second Life collection, film one
Second Life collection, film two
Second Life collection, film three
Terra collection, film one
Terra collection, film two
Gron jacket release film

Concepts & scripts2 items

Plate 02 · C

Product development & production

This is where ideas became garments. Sourcing and sampling with manufacturers, spec sheets and fit corrections, and production followed through on the factory floor rather than handed over. The finished pieces were then shot as commercial product imagery for the store, so the thing that was made and the thing that was sold were art-directed by the same person.

Development & sampling15 items

Factory production management sheet for a run
Quilted sample laid flat for review
Quilt stitch detail on the sample
Sample being sewn on the machine
Heavyweight sweat sample in progress
Construction detail on a sample
Cropped puffer sample, flat
Bomber sample photographed flat
Washed denim jacket, fit check on body
Cargo trouser sample, flat
Wide cargo trouser sample
Wide trouser sample in olive
Washed and distressed denim sample
Denim short sample with repair detailing
Leather bag sample

Commercial product imagery10 items

Signature hoodie, front, on model
Racing zip hoodie in red and black
Black zip hoodie, front
Pink graphic hoodie, front
Buckle jacket in blue, front
Technical outerwear jacket, front
Boxy tee in green, front
Corduroy trouser, front
Laced trouser in black, front
Washed denim trouser, front
Plate 03 · M

Marketing & growth

The plate that took it to market and kept it there: paid advertising across Meta, TikTok and search, the Shopify store and the conversion work on it, an organic and influencer programme that built an active community, and Klaviyo flows and campaigns for retention. Commercial figures in these screens are permanently obscured — the work is the evidence here, not the numbers.

Paid advertising5 items

Meta advertising account, campaign levelObscured
TikTok advertising account, delivery over timeObscured
TikTok advertising account, campaign breakdownObscured
Search advertising account overviewObscured
Search advertising, campaign tableObscured

Store & conversion3 items

The BERK STUDIOS storefront homepage
Product detail page for the washed hoodie
Shopify analytics for a trading monthObscured

Community & influencer10 items

Two wearers in the racing jacket on the street
Wearer in the cropped puffer and shorts
Wearer photographed at a crossing
Full look photographed against a lamppost
Wearer in outerwear and wide trouser
Wearer photographed on a marked street line
Wearer in the sage tee and short set
Wearer in the taupe co-ord
Wearer photographed against glass
Outerwear worn in snow

Email & retention3 items

A sent campaign email offering members early access
Klaviyo campaign listObscured
Klaviyo automated flowObscured
§01.2

All three, registered

The finished work again, now with every plate accounted for. No handoff between the person who planned it and the person who made it.

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