New Perspectives — Philip Battin

Growing up on the west coast of Denmark, I’ve always had a special connection to the sea. It is my main refuge and in many ways what got me into design in the first place. My mother is Danish and my father is British. My Danish family has lived in the same coastal town for generations, living off of the sea through fishing, tourism and hospitality. On the beach—across from my childhood home—you can still find black tar-coated wood sheds like the ones where my great-grandfather would store his net and fishing equipment over a century ago. I spent most of my youth on that beach; surfing and volunteering in the local surf club. I remember being blown away by the aesthetics of surfing. This was in the post-90s era; everything had this fast, Y2K-like neon-turquoise-teal jazz look that you can only find on coffee cups and kitsch bus seat fabrics nowadays. Inspired by different surf brands that were around at the time, I designed a new logo for our local surf club at the age of 15, stumbling

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