Borna Sammak’s artistic journey began as a high school apprentice at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. He frequently draws inspiration from his everyday urban surroundings as well as film, television, YouTube, and digital advertising. Spanning a range of media—including installation, videos, and wall-pieces—his works reconfigure mundane objects, texts, signs, slogans, clothes, or cartoons into compressed metaphors and dense patterns. Through these acts of combination and juxtaposition, the artist embraces humor, awkward moments, and occasional feelings of dread.
Sammak’s jacket, created specifically for Soft/Cover, gives form to a digital collage that combines and rearranges three found wallpaper patterns. In partnership with FWM’s Studio team, Sammak designed and printed yardage that incorporates bamboo stalks, animal-head canes, and an art-deco swirl. The print’s bright colors and simplified forms draw inspiration from one of the artist’s long-time favorite jackets, a vintage Michigan Rag Co. Fish Hooded Jacket. Sammak’s bespoke oversized hoodie embodies personal comfort in everyday wear.
