Nin Studio is an independent creative studio based in Mexico City, exploring clothing, objects and the transformation of materials.

Founded by Australian artist and designer Brittany Maton, the studio has developed over eight years through ongoing relationships with Mexican makers, independent businesses and specialist workshops.

Our practice is shaped by local knowledge, material resourcefulness and the exchange between design and making. We approach production as a collective process, grounded in dialogue, fair exchange and recognition of the people and skills involved.

We are interested in keeping creativity, production and economic participation connected to the places in which we work.

Nin is shaped by the people, materials and environments through which it exists.

Our clothes are made to be with you throughout your life.

We are holistic in our approach to create each item, working with our hands to make sample pieces before carefully overseeing the production process.

Our use of fabrics is focused through environmental care and minimal waste. We source our fabrics and produce our clothes in and around Mexico City, minimizing carbon emissions. We create with small businesses in our community, cultivating trust and respect with everyone we work with.

Story

Nin Studio started in 2018 when our founder Brittany Maton was living in San Francisco experimenting with ceramics. Nin is what Brittany’s brother called her when he couldn't say her name - Brittany, Ninny, Nin - reflecting how, through creativity we form our own language that we then share with others.

The beginning of our collections were a handful of pieces that Brittany intuitively crafted on the floor of her apartment, cutting material to create a jumpsuit she hadn’t seen before but knew existed inside her. It was a way of making that instructed the ceramic objects she had been creating, a process of understanding herself and her environment.

Having worked in retail selling clothes, Britt witnessed how people often tried to fit into clothing rather than clothing fitting them. This propelled her curiosity to transform materials with humility and subjectivity to honor individuality, which formed the first collections of Nin.

Images by Sagrado, Alana Burns, Valentina Pozo