When artist and entrepreneur Zen Player first visited Bali in 1996, he fell in love with its people and their vibrant creativity. Inspired by this spirit, he started a business there, designing clothing and carry-packs with traditional batik and ikat woven fabrics. Ten years later, he partnered with his good friend and angel investor, Roger Davis, to create the world`s first organic fashion facemask to help tourists and expats look cool and be protected from Bali`s pervasive pollution. The mask was fitted with a revolutionary Nanotechnology filter that Zen sourced in New Zealand, where he was raised and lives today. Originally hand-made with organic cotton, modal, bamboo and other fabrics, the masks were instantly popular with the “yoga jet-set crowd,” known for riding scooters, which exposed them to exhaust, smoke, dust, and odors. But it took the eruption of Mt.