ROTO
HUGO LÓPEZ · BRAND STRATEGIST
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THE SYMPTOM

What does it mean to survive a city emotionally?

Young people in cities are carrying more than ever — a 39% rise in mood disorders, a 21% rise in anxiety. Sensory overload, financial pressure, and a quiet kind of isolation.

Aerial view of a city square with long human shadows

We're social by definition.
The city isolates us anyway.

A crowd of isolated people crossed by red lines
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01 — THE PATTERN

We've always answered this the same way.

When the world gets too heavy, humans don't face it alone — we gather, and we make something to carry us through.

Cave paintings, Serra da Capivara
The paintings
on a cave
A rave gathering
The rave.
A punk and a police officer, London 1977
The punks.

Today, is what we wear.

Wearable armor

for a generation worn down by the city.

ROTO logo
03 — THE ROTO WORLD
Light installation
Bag hanging on a rail
Two figures in a foggy gallery
Bag in a glass case on a stone plinth
Black bag with silver bull hardware
Model in black leather and helmet
Three figures in a foggy space
Model with croc bag
04 — THE FIRST PRODUCT
The first product on a leather sofa
The first product, rooftop