OUR STORY
A New Renaissance. The most ambitious project we've ever worked on. Instead of being a clothing brand, a podcast, or a creative events studio, ANR is D. All of the above.
BACKGROUND
When I was 18, I owned a clothing brand. However, the only place I could look to for advice was up. At the giants. Supreme, Palace, Maison Margiela. I was a kid. No where to look to for advice, support, the "right way" to run a brand. Because of this, I gave up (stupidly, I will admit, but better to be honest than not.)
As I write this I'm 28, ten years have passed since I was the creator of Good Samaritan Miami. But now, the vision has changed. I don't want to build a clothing brand, get rich, and peace out to the south of France, but I want to inspire the 18 year old version of Manny to keep going in the abyss of the unknown.
TODAY
At ANR, we are renaissance men (and women.) Our team is multi-disciplinary in their work. ANR is for people like you who love photography as much as they love chess as much as they love clothing as much as they love exotic fish collecting.
The throughline of the brand - "If it makes you feel something, then do it."
We want to give you the tools to pursue that weird interest, that music label, that DJ career, that painting, that brand. It doesn't matter what you're into, as long as you're into SOMETHING.
How are we going to do it? Well, we're going to talk our shit. On social, talk about our entire creative process. On our podcast, interview people in Austin from all different disciplines, so that you may be inspired by them to create something for yourself. In our in person events, creating a community not of fans, but interns of the game. I want our events to be so social that you can talk to anyone there and strike up a life time friendship, over just being in the game. Pursuing something. That's A New Renaissance.
TOMORROW
Our goal is simple - to help you find the renaissance person inside yourself. To give you the tools to create. So whether you like the content we make, the podcast guests we host, the events we throw, the design meetings we'll live stream, the photoshoots that will be open invite for creators to see if it really is for you, you'll have a home in ANR.
We encourage you to be the polymath you always were. Explore every outlet that peaks your interest - you never know what you may find out about yourself.
Our three swords logo represents the polymath's life perfectly, with each sword representing the multiple interests that all of us have - no matter if they align with a professional career or are just for fun.
We want to give you the power to try. To fall on your face, to fail, to learn, and get back after it. That is ANR. That is us. And that is your new community. Welcome home.