hello/aloha

Language of the Birds is a print driven brand founded in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Our current studio is a barn in Upstate New York. Sustainability and aloha are the heart of our manufacturing approach. We design all our prints and provide radical transparency in our production.

We use a limited batch production model. We make most of our apparel in our studio or work with small US factories. For some items we work with non US based manufacturers. Manufacture origin is described on each product page.

Our prints are in collection at the RISD Museum. See our Press Book

“Think eye-catching prints in an East Coast style with loose and open cuts ideal for the tropics.”

—Honolulu Magazine

"More modern aloha."

—Honolulu Magazine

"Blends bold patterns, abundant colors and intentional graphics while keeping history at its core."

—HI Luxury

The founder

Tsia Carson is a designer, author, and teacher. For over two decades she was a partner at the interactive and graphic design firm Flat where she worked with a wide variety of clients such as The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, The Museum of Modern Art, Deutsche Bank, Aperture Foundation, Brennan Center for Justice, and Loeffler Randall. She was a Pantone Spotlight Artist for 2024’s Color of the Year.

She has taught/critiqued at Yale School of Art, RISD, Hunter College, University of the Arts, and The New School/Parsons. She authored two books and managed a robust online community during the alt craft heyday of the early oughts. She wrote a short, heartfelt essay for the Cooper Hewitt's Willi Smith: Street Couture Exhibition.

A born and bred New Yorker, inexplicably she considers Hawaiʻi home.