Today, Patrick splits his time between illustrating for clients like The New Yorker and Nike, and running his own venture, Chester Wallace, in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Named after his two grandfathers, the company creates bag designs that find inspiration in Portland’s bicycle culture and a need to easily cart things from Point A to Point B. The versatile totes and carryalls, popular since their introduction, are locally hand-cut and -sewn — an important factor to Patrick. “That way, you are immediately able to change things and pay attention to details and to relationships,” he says. “You get the sense that you are forming a community out of it. You become a little team, and you do your utmost to make sure everybody wins. That’s really satisfying.”

Patrick’s unique way of seeing the world (not to mention his impeccable taste) drew the attention of the Herman Miller team, who asked him to help style the Herman Miller Pop-Up Shop in New York City in 2012. “The space was really fun to fill out. We wanted it to be like the ‘home’ of Herman Miller, with rooms containing the furniture and the things that that person, that spirit, would live with,” he says. “We sourced a lot of ceramics and art. And since designers Charles and Ray Eames were interested in collecting things, we also included lots of collections.”

Since being part of the Pop-Up shop team, Patrick has continued to share his eye and his talent with Herman Miller, including styling for the healthcare division as well as additional retail projects. “I am so impressed with the creative bunch of people at Herman Miller,” he says. “I feel really fortunate to have crossed paths with them.” And we feel fortunate, too. In fact, today’s clue in our “Everywhere in Your Day” contest is inspired by the artist. Check out the Herman Miller Store now for your chance to spy Patrick’s creation — and for your chance to win the grand prize: an Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. Good luck!

Photos and image: chesterwallace.com and patricklong.net

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!

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.