18/06/2024
✌🏼🏝️ Hi, I’m Nik - co-founder, art director and driving force behind Island Beast.
Growing up, my family and I would take at least 3 trips a year to the coast and beach somewhere. It has been my happy place for as long as I can remember.
In school pictures you could easily spot the tanned, sun bleached hair, surf-bracelet kid from afar in an otherwise middle of nowhere European hometown and school.
As I grew older and ventured to new and further shores, the happy place remained: beach life, the surf bubble, island life, sand between my toes, salty hair, waterlogged ears. It’s my home. It’s where I’m happiest.
I studied graphic design over in the UK and I’ve been working as a designer for almost 10 years.
On every trip I have been on growing up and now, I have always been fascinated by the lifestyle that comes with this bubble I call home. I have always been in awe of the brands that become a community of like-minded people.
It has always been a great dream and passion of mine to create such a community and outlet for my artistic drive and deep connection to sustainability.
With friends and family we have our fun doing something we call the “Island Count” in true Island Beast fashion: we keep tabs on how many islands we have been on! It always ends up in heated debates over what counts for an island and how long one has to technically be on it for it to count 😅.
I encourage you to do your personal island count! How many have you got? 🏝️
Love, Nik
This is what we’re all about 👇🏼
🌴 Sustainable
🌱 Organic
🌻 Circular (you can send worn out IB back to be recycled)
💙 ChariTee Collections for a good cause
🐅 Custom art based illustration styles
🍃 Renewable
🇻 Vegan
🫶 Connection
🏝️ Feeling alive