James Darby
Arlin Graff's green tamarin mural on a building beside the Havaianas logo

Havaianas × Arlin Graff — IPÊ

Art Director

Havaianas have long supported IPÊ, a charity protecting the Amazon rainforest. For this project I art-directed a collaboration with São Paulo street artist and environmentalist Arlin Graff — three limited-edition IPÊ flip-flop designs, each giving a percentage back to the rainforest.

To bring the cause to life, I took Graff to Redchurch Street in Shoreditch and we turned an entire building into an endangered-species mural, complete with a plaque on why his work matters. I brought in Global Street Art and Wonderland Magazine, and built the launch event and digital assets that introduced new audiences to Arlin and the Havaianas–IPÊ partnership.

Artist
Arlin Graff
Partners
Global Street Art · Wonderland Magazine
Cause
IPÊ — Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas
Arlin Graff painting the mural from a cherry-picker crane
Arlin Graff at the Shoreditch press event