Johan Ku is a Taipei born designer who started his career as a graphic designer aged just 17. The designer was later awarded the Gen Art’s Avant-Garde Prize in 2009. As an incredibly versatile designer, Johan Ku’s collections vary from unorthodox and innovative structural knitwear to luxury ready-to-wear menswear and womenswear. Johan Ku has firmly established himself within the knitwear industry through his hand-knitted, dynamic capsule collection “Emotional Sculpture”.
Johan Ku’s highly credible experimental designs are recognized and appreciated internationally. His work consistently takes inspiration from various sources to create visually stimulating collections.
The SS21 collection is all about painters. Inspired by abstract art and related objects such as painting tools, the collection heavily blends bold colors and artistic graphic prints with a contemporary apparel touch.