Otter Designs exists to cultivate presence, not the loud, performative kind, but the kind that returns when truth is named and the body is allowed to rest and engage. Our work takes shape as statement tees that witness, draw lines, and refuse erasure, and as Coastal Comforts that reintroduce play, texture, and ease as necessary parts of being human.

This work is rooted in observation, in truth-telling, and in clarity. Some pieces name what has been erased. Some insist on accountability where it’s overdue. Others make room to breathe and play, not by looking away, but by staying present.

Because play isn’t a distraction from reality.

It’s one of the ways we remain in it.

This work is created by Melissa LaPosta, artist and founder of
Otter Designs, shaped by lived experience, close observation, and care.