Anna Mendes, founder, hand at her chin in a red floral print dress, seated in front of a dense wall of her original print motifs

The studio

Anna Mendes

Founder & creative lead

Anna has worked in fashion for over ten years. She founded and ran her own womenswear label, then spent years inside Grupo SOMA, one of Brazil's largest fashion groups, home to brands like FARM Rio. She started the studio because too many brands were settling for stock artwork when what they needed was a print identity, built from their own references, their own color palette, their own collection.

Point of view

A good print is not decoration. It is structure. It anchors a collection the way a signature fabric does.

I will not recycle prints across clients, and I don't chase whatever Pantone declared this year's color. Every print starts from your references, your customer, and the collection you are building. If you need a 500-SKU catalog for fast fashion, I am not your studio. I work with brands building something specific, prints that become part of who they are.

Anna holding real orchid stems against a floral print on the studio wall, comparing the source to the artwork

By the time a print leaves the studio it is set into a clean repeat, separated into colorways, and delivered in the files your production team actually needs.

Inside the studio

A hand painting a pink-red crane motif with a brush on white paper

Hand-painted first

A dense wall of original motifs on translucent sheets, florals, birds and botanicals

An archive of original motifs

A wide spread of colorful hand-painted prints laid out across the studio floor

Set into repeat

Let's build your next collection.

Tell me about your brand and where the next collection is headed. I reply within one business day.

annamendes@annamendes-design.com