Theshantha De Silva
Founder, INNTW. [ROLE LINE — e.g. also runs Collide Brand Management.]
Cleared for editorial use with credit.
Short — 50 words
Theshantha De Silva founded INNTW in 2025 in Toronto, after [PRIOR CONTEXT — e.g. a decade in X]. The label grew out of a decision to stop deferring one, and now runs alongside INNTW Studios and a six-month transformation project.
Long — 150 words
Theshantha De Silva is the founder of INNTW, an apparel and creative label based in Toronto. [HE/SHE/THEY] started it in 2025 after [PRIOR CONTEXT — career, city, turning point], having spent [DURATION] intending to and not doing it.
That gap between intending and beginning is the company’s entire subject. INNTW makes small-run garments around a single question, and through INNTW Studios does brand, retail and campaign work for clients who are answering their own version of it.
[HE/SHE/THEY] also runs the INNTW project, a six-month programme that follows a cohort through a period of deliberate change and publishes what happens — including the parts that do not resolve.
[CURRENT LOCATION AND ANY OTHER ROLES].
Interview topics
- Starting a brand as its own proof of concept
- Small-run manufacturing out of Toronto
- Why the project publishes outcomes that fail
- [ADDITIONAL TOPIC]