Design
April 25, 2013
By Amy Feezor
Being the son of an architect influenced every aspect of the colorful and varied career path of Patrick Long, illustrator, designer, and occasional stylist for Herman Miller. “It really informed the way I look at things,” he says. “He pointed out the minutia. He helped me see the doorknobs, the door handles, the chandeliers in the volume in a room. He was a great teacher.” An architect father also ensured that paper and pencil were always around while Patrick was growing up. “I was encouraged to draw. And no one told me I couldn’t — that gave me the freedom to continue,” he says. Read more
Balance, Design
February 22, 2010
By Cerentha Harris
Stylist Marcus Hay lives in New York and works for food and interior magazines all over the world. Like a lot of New Yorkers he’s rather short on space and his studio apartment also doubles as an office. In December last year he created a dedicated work space complete with dusty mauve walls, serious storage and a little dish for his air plants. You can read about the office makeover on his blog Fluff N Stuff. Marcus generously agreed to share the pictures with us here on Lifework. Enjoy!
Design
February 2, 2010
By Cerentha Harris
Deb McLean is an Australian stylist with a talent for making minimal look warm and inviting. She also takes really interesting moody iPhone photos. All the images in this post are shot on her phone and her blog has a section devoted to them.
Can you tell us a bit about your work? What does a ‘normal’ day involve for you? Well, actually, as a stylist a lot of my work happens outside the home. But I do have a large office and props room set up in my house. I style for both interiors and food accounts. They are quite different from one another so it’s a nice balance. I arrange all interior propping plus if needed I paint and set construct in the studio. I’m very hands on. In a food shoot I am cooking and plating food stylishly of course, plus responsible for all the dinnerware props and surfaces etc.
How big is your work space? It is around 5 meters square [about 53 square feet]. I share it with my partner Colin who is a graphic designer. We have a media room attached to our lovely white space with big white desks and lots of color-coded designer books. We love our music so when I do sit at my desk to blog [Deb’s blog is Busy Being Fabulous] it is a lovely relaxing space to be in. Each night I spend some hours compiling my next blog entry. I love it, especially when I get such great feed back. It puts a smile on my face!
Is there any form of technology that really inspires you? It has got to be my iPhone! I’m in love with what I can achieve and I am forever shooting fully styled little still life stories for my blog. It’s where my creativity can let loose.
What desk accessory can’t you do without? My Mac computer and Bose speakers. Without them I would be lost.
Do you have any tips for organizing a home work space? Box it. Neat is the word of the day. A work space has to have order so it functions effectively. But, a work space should also feel like home. Books, magazines, fun collections of stuff that inspire you give it a lovely mood. It should have your personality. Clients love to see snippets of your personality in an office space. I love picture mood boards that you can alter depending on you design addictions.
