THE PLANTS X JANGGUTBEAR | THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE COLLABORATION

The Plants Concept Store

The Plants Concept Store from Kuala Lumpur is the brainchild of 3 like-minded friends who share the same love and passion for plants and its everything in-between.
The UFO-cropped-circle shaped logo of The Plants was inspired by the Caudex plants, the aesthetically pleasing home plants. These unique species are also the particular plants where The Plants would like to share their gardening experience with the public.

With the vision of encouraging the gardening culture amongst the community in mind, The Plants hope that more people can learn more about unique plant species and see them as a piece of nature's art.
The Plant Concept Store then serves as a platform to share their passion and experience on caudex plants to the public, helping more people to get into this gardening culture with ease.

Caudex Plants

Caudex, (Kuàigēn) refers to a plant that has a presence of a stout stem that sits above ground. There are many species of caudex plants, each with distinctive shape, design, and size.
The word itself comes from the Latin noun meaning 'tree trunk'. They are sometimes referred to colloquially as “fat plants”.

Some of caudex examples from The Plant Concept Store:

Janggutbear

Janggutbear is an illustrator / graphic designer based in Kuala Lumpur city, working as an Art Director in one of the renowned media companies in Malaysia.
Due to his enthusiastic in Malaysia’s fashion industries, his artworks are well-known to Malaysians who are into the streetwear industry.

Janggutbear started his journey of illustrator/graphic designer through his early passion. His artworks revolve around his interpretation of certain events or scenes, and thus expressing through his significant pop-art references.

The Plants x Janggutbear

Great minds think alike. Introducing the first ever collaboration of The Plants and Janggutbear, apparel and accessories featuring the significant artwork designed by Janggutbear, to welcome people who love to join the gardening culture.

GREEN CREW TEE

An everyday comfort Tee finishing in green colorway. The graphic arts printed on the back of the shirt, showcasing the steps of taking care caudex plants drawn by Janggutbear.

LET'S PLANT! TEE

The significant character by Janggutbear is printed on the front of the tee. Finishing in green and white combination, the word “Green Crew” is found at the back of the tee.