MAiK

General information

OUR HISTORY

We make (or MAiK) beautifully designed products in good ways. But this wasn’t always our story.

A previous brand that produced street wear was the driving force behind starting MAiK. Factories in China, big runs and no control over sourcing pushed us to give it all up and use what we had learnt for good.

After months of sourcing makers that supported their local community, UK based printers and organic fabrics; we launched our first collection in June 2016.

MAik; An old Scottish term meaning the equal or peer of an object.

OUR ETHICS

Basing our production in the UK in our early days was great but it wasn’t enough. We already knew from past experience that we couldn’t rely on factories to source materials responsibly.

So, we took control of every aspect of production from sourcing the most beautiful ethical fabric to ensuring our wooden products were helping forests to flourish. We moved our woven manufacturing to an unemployed Women’s social enterprise in East London and our paper printing to the UK’s original eco printing company.

The wonderful women that construct our woven products learn transferable skills to gain employment in the fashion and textile industry whilst the family run factory in Sweden that make our trays and cutting boards ensure that they cultivate forests responsibly.

OUR PRODUCTS

Fresh, clean geometric patterns are at the core of MAiK products. All of our exclusive prints are designed in-house. Each item is carefully conceived and developed in our London based studio before being sent to the printers and makers we work with. Our products, prints and colours are designed to simply ‘work’ with your home or lifestyle.