About ENGRAFFT and it’s founder

Started in 2014, ENGRAFFT is the artist created, owned and operated, graffiti rooted, “Art Infused” clothing and goods line from the Monterey Peninsula and San Francisco, California. Started by SF born, SF/ Monterey raised artist, fashion and graphic designer and screen-printer Derek Hanneman in 2014 in Pacific Grove, CA, ENGRAFFT combines several art forms including illustration, graphic design and screen-printing, roots in graffiti, with various ‘living’ graphic art styles and high quality, super soft clothing and goods.

Backstory

Having started drawing as a child and making art his whole life, Derek has utilized various mediums and canvases to create and share his art. In High School after getting into graffiti, Derek experimented with applying his art to clothing and shoes, which sparked an ongoing interest in making art in wearable form- encouraged and validated by the people who enjoyed and supported it early on. After high school and some crazy life events, Derek studied graphic art/design at community college, during which he decided to go in the clothing direction and began manifesting his vision of creating (more than just) a clothing line with his art on it. It would become a fusion of original art styles and forms, artistic roots, and clothing and goods- plus lots of thought, love and concept. A line that would offer interconnected, meaningful designs artfully infused with apparel and beyond. In August 2014, after a year in development, ENGRAFFT was officially launched. Created for the love of the art and making it functional, exploring what the idea of wearable art can really mean and a wide variety of themes and subject matter, with an overarching concept that ties it all together. Started from the ground up out of his mom’s house, Derek has been working hard for over 9 years on building the brand; from ideation, to art and design, to production, to presenting the finished ‘product’ to the masses in various ways, including setting up shop almost every weekend at countless festivals, street fairs, etc., getting it into various stores, marketing the brand and overall '“Engraffting” of people around the world. Now in its 10th year, ENGRAFFT has organically built a global following and opened a brick and mortar store in San Francisco in 2021. ENGRAFFT passionately and fiercely pushes forward into the future, continuing to create, grow and evolve the art and brand. Taking ENGRAFFT in new exciting directions and to new levels!

Concept and mission

To continue establishing ENGRAFFT as a unique, different, art infused line which combines clothing/goods with original, meaningful artwork/“living” art styles and various art forms, in concept like parts of plants being grafted together into a new hybrid form; “Art Infused”, or “Grafted Art Clothing” & goods. From that combination, it grows and evolves in all kinds of different directions. By making the art wearable, steadily implanting, or “Engraffting” art into/ onto people’s minds and bodies, aiming to inspire and make a unique, permanent mark on the world.

Art

Art is what ENGRAFFT is all about. ENGRAFFT features all original artwork by founder Derek Hanneman, including his “Living Styles”- a handful of Derek’s signature graphic art styles that are ‘alive’- which make up and tie together all of the designs in the ENGRAFFT line, while exploring a wide variety of different themes and subject matter, ranging from nature, esp; the ocean, plants and fungi, as well as science, science-fiction, extraterrestrial, structures, rollerblading, frequencies, the brain, San Francisco and beyond!

Movement

ENGRAFFT’s movement is the “Living Styles Movement”- which is the literal and figurative movement and spreading of ENGRAFFT and it’s art including the "Living Styles" by the founder and all of the “Engraffted” people across the world who wear the line. As time goes on and the art and brand is steadily spread and ‘Engraffted’ into/onto more and more wearers, the movement continues to grow worldwide.

Quality

All ENGRAFFT goods and materials are of the highest quality possible. ENGRAFFT clothing is known for being super soft, great quality and super comfortable. The premium garments that ENGRAFFT prints on are ethically sourced.

Slogans

“Remain Creating, Remain Original, Remain Inspired”

“Create, Grow, Evolve”

The ENGRAFFT Brick and Mortar Store in San Francisco

Opened in November 2021, the ENGRAFFT store is located at 934 Clement St. San Francisco, CA 94118. The store is open Tuesday-Sunday; Tues-Friday open hours are 12pm-7pm, Saturday 12-5pm and Sunday 12-4pm.