Kanye West's Yeezy design brand has moved into a new studio in Calabasas, California, which local designer Willo Perron has given a bare aesthetic celebrating "utilitarianism and brutalism".

Yeezy Studio comprises design studios, prototyping and sampling spaces, and fabric resource libraries for the rapper's fashion label Yeezy. There is also a music studio, a library, and a flexible space for hosting events, like meetings and film screenings.
It is likely that it will also host Yeezy Home ? the architecture venture that the hip-hop artist announced last month.

West enlisted Perron's studio to transform the building, formerly used as an office and warehouse for a technology company, into the studio complex.
He gave the designer creative control following their previous collaborations, including the showroom for Yeezy season three, as well as the "scenic landscape" for the outdoor presentation of season four at New York's Four Freedoms Park.
"There wasn't really a brief," Perron told Dezeen. "Certain spaces had to serve certain functions, but we've worked together for a long time so I have a good idea of his taste and what he likes."

Perron chose a simple aesthetic that mirrors the style of West's fashion company, which was developed in collaboration with sportswear brand Adidas and first launched in 2015.

To achieve the desired look, Perron stripped back the interiors, revealing concrete walls on the first floor and creating ...