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We at Sorted, love simple ideas, executed in a direct fashion without requiring layers of comprehension.

The EXCLUSIVE collection opens a floodgate of emotions and memories, of old, warm and familiar moments. This is our way of encapsulating a little bit of our childhood in these modern yet timeless designs.

Tell us a bit about yourself? How did you develop your style?

As students studying architecture, we realized the vastness of design pretty early on, in due course of our education. That aside, we were always curious to find things to do outside education and combine it to do something that made us happy. It started off with making posters for music events back in 2015, and were fortunate enough to build something that excited us and we just kept moving ahead.

What motivated us was to see the constant trajectory of our work getting better. Every day as a better version of our last day and every illustration/poster, a chance to create something better and new.

Being artists it’s difficult to ever feel content, and the inner urge of being the best version of yourself is what kept us going

How was the collaboration with Urban Monkey unique to you?

We believe that both UrbanMonkey and Studio Sorted holds an important place in defining the visual culture of our generation in India. We see this collaboration as a unique chance to explore the graphic possibilities with the accessible, inclusive ‘street’ status that UrbanMonkey has carved for itself in the recent past.

What was the concept / idealogy behind this collaboration?

In consideration of the pandemic situation, we conjured the idea of lending a fresh perspective to common, familiar experiences or ‘childhood lessons’. The concept opened a floodgate of nostalgia and memories which we have channeled into the collections. The series is a hopeful comment on lending a renewed look at the well-known but hardly considered philosophies. Nothing that comes out of this studio leaves without a zing of wacky and cool.

What is Indian streetwear according to you?

Indian streetwear is a statement that youngsters today are creating to challenge the ‘unshakable’ traditions of the old world. This is an attempt by our generation to carve out an identity and make a mark in the history books, an attempt to own our own narrative.

What does design mean to you?

We believe that fashion is a unique form of design that you choose to wear on yourself, it makes for a comment on who you are and what you stand for.

You can view more of Studio Sorted’s work and contact them via Instagram or their website

What if hip-hop existed in the 1800’s? We imagine it would look something like this.☝️

This series explores how life would look if various art forms merged across different time zones. It goes without saying, but let’s get it out of the way: 2020 was a weird year. But what it offered us was a much-needed break, to sit back and think over our course of action.

Which is why Mapuls EXCLUSIVE collection for Urban Monkey explores a world without limitations, a world that breaks away from the rigidness of our mundane lives and takes you into a whole different dimension.

Tell us a bit about yourself? How did you develop your style?

We three graduated as architects together and were a team since our initial college days. We were constantly finding a creative route to explore and kept doing small creatives since college but we never termed it or clubbed it under one name.

Architecture did open our eyes towards designing and helped us with the basic principles of art - But there were certain limitations in exploring our thoughts completely. These limitations needed a way to come out, and that’s how we started doodling and exploring graphics.

During this Lockdown that we took the step of naming the creatives, we do under a name and that’s how ‘Doodle Mapuls’ was established.

What kept you going and how did it shape you?

We were looking for a medium of reaching more people and also looking for an outlet to detoxify our minds from the mundane and constant hustle of office and Doodling became the silver lining to the work which saturates the mind to the point of exhaustion.

We recharge our minds by pouring our strokes on paper, this self-satisfaction is what shapes us every day to be a better artist

How was the collaboration with Urban Monkey unique to you?

This may come across as made up but we visualized this day, to have our work on an Urban Monkey Product. This collaboration opened our eyes to the world of materializing the art we have. It taught us all the aspects of designing that we need to have in mind when it comes to bringing a product from a digital screen to cloth.

What makes this collaboration even more special and unique was that, we were never restricted with our creative choices. To have a brand with such recognition trust you is truly grateful and we are thankful for this opportunity.

What was the concept / ideology behind this collaboration?

The New Old.

We are so used to the fast and trendy life that we have started to leave behind our roots. What if one day the lines in between were blurred and a new time zone is created where all our art forms merge between the past and present?

This series explores various art forms in merged time zones to give you a jest of how happening life would have been if we could juggle with time

What is Indian streetwear according to you?

Streetwear around the world helps in distinguishing the local culture and helps in understanding the local language of a place. According to us, Indian Streetwear is something that resonates with the culture-rich background that India holds. The artistic language needs to resonate with the common man. We in India need to start creating this language of cloth which will help us stand out with our cultural references.

You can view more of Doodle Mapul’s work and contact them via Instagram

A little bit about Sanskar Sawant,

Highly acclaimed for his impactful work, Sanskar Sawant, founder of Homework Studio is one of the top Illustrators / Installation artists in Mumbai. He spearheads the environmental design wing at his studio- designing interactive environments through public art, artifacts, typography, and upholstery by tapping into the subconscious of people who live in that space.

How was the collaboration with Urban Monkey unique to you?

This collection is created to open dialogue. We want to be able to show the realities of our community’s experiences and continue difficult conversations when no one else wants to.

Inspired by the 80’s Memphis style, a play on patterns, proportions and colours, this collection is designed to be free flowing.

This EXCLUSIVE collection designed for Urban Monkey appears random at first, but when you pay attention, you’ll notice that these designs have a humorous take on modern day situations hidden within them.

This collaboration with Urban Monkey showcases a brand that supports subcultures and the ecosystems and artists within those subcultures. They’re slowly beginning to influence the street-wear community as the community has so far been influencing them.

You can view more of Homework’s work and contact him via Instagram