Fran6 aka Francis Chouquet design story

Artist Fran6 aka Francis Chouquet designed a T-shirt, tote bag, and sweater in collaboration with Indonesian school kids. Read all about him!

For this month’s drop, artist Francis Chouquet collabed with 6-year-old Abi from the SDN 4 Batu Putih school in Gili Asahan. Abi loves his family and his home. All proceeds from the merch sales will go towards helping his school.

Fran6 aka Francis Chouquet

Fran6 is a graphic designer turned independent artist. He fell in love with lettering as a teenager when he sketched out the title of an Indiana Jones poster. From then on, his passion for letters and languages only accelerated. Nowadays, his work is strongly influenced by American lettering styles from the 40s and 70s. He also incorporates lots of elements of nature into his art. The result: pieces that convey a deep message through both visuals and words. 

Francis Chouquet about his collab

Inspiring the next generation of artists

Francis agrees that children’s creativity is inspiring. “I think they have the best creativity. It’s pure.” It should come as no surprise, then, that he has worked with children before. “I regularly do workshops in schools and I even developed a font with a school where each child designed a letter.”

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Francis Chouquet about his collab

Immersing himself in the child’s world

“I wanted to incorporate his drawing into the final illustration as best as I could, so I took the home he drew and tried to invent a world around it.” Francis goes on: “I am used to creating illustrations around nature and villages. So it was easy to work with Abi’s drawing. I also added some lettering to it so everybody understands what it is all about.”

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Francis Chouquet about his collab

Makes you feel like home

The children from the SDN 4 Batu Putih school in Lombok were given the theme of ‘Makes you feel like home’ when creating their drawings. With this theme in mind, Abi drew his house. It looks like his house is at the centre of what home means to him. Francis adds: “It makes me want to visit it. He must be proud of it.”

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Francis Chouquet about his collab

Doing Abi proud

After a collab filled with bold shapes and fun lettering, Francis reflects on what he has learned from this experience. “Working with a drawing a child did can be a challenge because you want the child to recognise his drawing in your work. So that was important to me, to stay as near as possible to what Abi wanted to share.”

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Francis Chouquet about his collab

Abi (6)

For this drop, artist Francis collaborated with Abi (6) from the SDN 4 Batu Putih school in Gili Asahan, Indonesia. All proceeds from the merch contribute to the kids' school. Read our full interview with Francis! 

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At Face This, artists creatively collab with Indonesian school kids on T-shirts, totes and sweaters. And as the proceeds benefit their school, the kids literally design their own future. Check out more about our T-shirts with drawings!

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