Explore Asili

The broad entry points. Start here if you are not sure what you are looking for.

Sometimes you know the look before you know the subject. These are the visual languages we keep returning to — and the ways a design sits on the garment.

Arranged by birth, earliest first, and gathered into the eras they belong to. The span is wider than most people expect — and it grows every time we find someone else worth knowing.

Each collection gathers the history, symbols and people of one country or region — for anyone who counts it as home, or wants to know it better. Grouped by region.

What happened when enough people decided together that something had to change.

Shapes that were carrying meaning long before anyone put them on a shirt.

Sound, rhythm and celebration — the parts of the story still happening.