Kide Baharudin introduces his hometown Kuala Pilah to the world via Vans collection

Kide’s hand-painted drawings of his hometown Kuala Pilah in Negri Sembilan are beautifully captured in Vans Surf’s newest collection. Photo: Annatasha Saifol

If you’ve never been to the small town of Kuala Pilah in Negri Sembilan, then visual artist Kide Baharudin is the man to show you his hometown’s pre-war Chinese shophouses, traditional Malay village houses and its sprawling rice fields.

Through his digital print works, Kide has been actively championing Kuala Pilah since 2014. The 30-year-old artist has something better in store. Soon, fans of American shoe and apparel brand Vans, under its Vans Surf collection, will get to wear a full head-to-toe spring collection, entirely drawn by Kide, featuring completely new artworks featuring scenes from his hometown.