Ikigai by Mariana Soares

freely translated, "ikigai" means "reason for being". it was from the search for this "reason" that the Ikigai project emerged.

In a world that thrived on disposable goods, i wanted to find a way to produce clothing that respected the planet. Preferably ecofriendly and zero waste. It was in knitting, an artisanal and traditionally wasteless technique that i found my ikigai.

my passion for manual knitting was born during my childhood. memories of wearing handmade sweaters knitted by my mother and grandmother, the feeling of homemade comfort that came from using the pieces.

It is this feeling that Ikigai tries to channel through its pieces, carefully knitted in the atelier, with ecofriendly certified yarns produced in Portugal.