Paul Frank

Paul Frank

Paul Frank (born August 29, 1967) is an artist and fashion designer. Frank's creations adorn clothing, accessories, and many other products. Julius the Monkey is one of Frank's best-known creations.

Biography

During the 1990s, Frank was an art student at Orange Coast College. He bought a sewing machine in order to complete small projects. One day, he used some spare orange vinyl to create a wallet and after seeing his work, his friends expressed interest in other accessories, so he began to sew items such as guitar straps and backpacks. In his younger years, he attended Sun View Elementary.

Career

A few years later, Frank formed Paul Frank Industries in order to keep up with the demand for his products. He worked at another job during the day, but sewed and sold his products during his spare time. Paul Frank Industries are currently in Costa Mesa, California. The company's stores are also popular, with domestic locations in Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, New York City, Dallas (now closed), Las Vegas and Chicago. International locations include: London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens, Seoul, Bangkok, and a group in Japan. Future locations include Doha, Qatar and Dubai, United Arab Emirates [Eye of Dubai, July 2007] .

Frank also collaborated with many bands including Bad Religion, Every Time I Die, Radiohead, The Vandals, Alkaline Trio, Atreyu, Tool, Gorilla Biscuits, The Aquabats, and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Other musical collaborations include the Coachella festival, Lollapalooza, and Los Angeles radio station KROQ.

Besides co-branding and licensing affiliations with bands, Frank has collaborated with other artists and companies, including Mattel, Oscar Mayer, Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, Wahoo's Fish Taco, SHAG, John Deere, Nirve Bicycles, Obey Giant, ProKeds shoes, Mark Ryden, Thomas Campbell, Hello Kitty, and Lego. [Michael Lyster, "Orange County Business Journal", March 2008]

Frank currently owns and heads new design studios called Treestitch Design, Inc. and Park La Fun. He has not been affiliated with Paul Frank Industries since November 2005. Frank's new label includes brand new characters, as well as a more hands-on, personal approach towards his new creations. Frank's new line includes handbags, wallets, t-shirts, and many other accessories all personally designed by Frank himself.

Frank often contributes fine art pieces to charity events and museum exhibitions.

Influences

In 1972, Frank attended Sun View Elementary School in Huntington Beach, California. The building was painted in bright colors—rusty orange, light blue and gold-yellow—and Frank acknowledges this influence on his subsequent workFact|date=May 2008. He also says that he is inspired by industrial designers: "... [artists who] design schools, desks, chairs, office furniture, bicycles, cars, blenders, toasters from the '40s through '60s, stuff like public buildings." Further, Frank says that much of his style has developed as a result of his love for music such as The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet UndergroundFact|date=May 2008.

Personal life

In 2003, Frank met his wife, Susan Wang. They were married on June 18, 2005 at Disneyland and currently live in Southern California.

References

External links

* http://www.parklafun.com
* http://www.myspace.com/paulfrank


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