Ethan Donaldson
I am Ethan, a full-time artist and creative educator working in the mediums of Fashion, Jewelry, Print, and Collage, and am based in Boston/Cambridge MA
I am focused on developing products for freelance clients, mentoring the next generation of designers and artists through guest teaching,
as well as pursuing my brand, EEBEE.
In 2024 I graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design with a BFA in Fashion Design with departmental honors. Through working in various forms of 2D and wearable media I hope to represent and advocate for the value of community, creative education, and sustainability.
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My design philosophy centers around human experience and considering the conditions that bind us to each other in humanity, and make up our collective identity. The use of up-cycled materials and rejected dead stock represents an ideal of redemption, reproach, and the virtue of life under constant review.
EEBEE
EEBEE the idea, is inspired ​by Introspection, Skateboarding, Creative Education, Lee Alexander McQueen, Supreme, Absurdism, Freedom, The Corporeal Experience, Community, Martin Margiela, Cubism, Samurai, Recycling, Playing in the Dirt, Philosophy, Psychology, Dogs, Social Infrastructure, Abstraction, Ai WeiWei, Tailors, The colors Black, Red, Blue, and White, The Proletariat, Etymology, Social Justice, Flobots, Graffitti, Squares and Gridforms, Negative Space, Francis Bacon, Naruto, The MBTA, Elliott Smith, The Bauhaus, Rei Kawakubo, and many other people, ideas, and things.
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EEBEE the brand, founded informally in 2018, was created as a means of promoting a sustainable and slow approach to fashion, and to garner a community of likeminded artists to collaborate and connect through ​​meaningful projects of various natures. The main 'Intersection' emblem of the brand (c.2018) represents the interconnectivity of all things, and houses the letter 'E' in the negative space on both sides as a symbol for personal reflection. The 'Matcha Graphic' (c.2021) is a reference to my dogs which have always been a source of levity, and is also interpretable as a cloud or a ghost, and an association with transience.
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'EEBEE,' the name, is a family nickname inspired by E.B White, the American author and essayist of the 1900's best known for writing 'Charlottes Web' and 'Stuart Little' and affectionately for myself, 'Here is New York.'
I am committed to the use of dead stock textiles and upcycling used clothing in my design and art projects, as the practice of sustainability is one of my foremost missions in the fashion and design industry. I believe very strongly that working with rejected material not only reduces waste, but also reinforces good craft habits, and adds an additional layer of personal connection and history to a work.