Oakland born and raised, MAK is the designer and creator of MAKBUILT, a line of re-purposed, fully functional, one-of-a-kind art. A builder by day and an artist by night, MAK is influenced by music and street art – his own art combines yesteryear’s retro aestheticS with modern technology and functionality. MAK’s love for music and nostalgia for the era of his childhood inspired his own version of a boom box that re-purposed his father’s wooden briefcase into a portable sound dock enabling him to share his tunes wherever he rambled. Many ooh’s, ahh’s and requests later, he created his own line of ‘boxes of boom’ under the pseudonym MAKBUILT. MAK’s desire to investigate how things are made and function fuels his own innovations, leading him to turn his bicycle into a motor bike, a belt buckle into a carved wooden pocket knife, and resulting in a finished carpenter’s “face-lift” of a vintage camera. Each one of MAK’s unique pieces is imbued with his personal touch: a devotion to craft and a flair for style. MAK continues to add new designs to his repertoire, so be sure to keep an eye on his work by following MAKBUILT.com and seeing his work in person at Rare Bird, in his hometown of Oakland, California.
