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Margo chats with Rochelle Porter of Rochelle Porter Design. A lifelong lover of global design traditions, the Atlanta-based artist takes cues from the breezy hues of her Caribbean roots, the stark simplicity of Scandinavian design and the bold geometrics of West African weaves to create vibrant, eye-catching textiles for the home décor and apparel markets. […]

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February 26, 2021

26 | From corporate suits to creative roots..tales of the journey with Rochelle Porter

Margo is Joined by Jennifer Orkin Lewis. A deep love of color, pattern and nature are the foundation of Jennifer’s work as an artist, illustrator, author and teacher. Her joyful gouache paintings of flowers, random objects, people and occasional meditative abstract musings open a colorful and enticing window onto a detail of the day one […]

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February 9, 2021

25 | How a painting a day took Jennifer from career creative to having her own creative career

Margo is joined by the founder of creative agency, Creative Sparrow, Hannah Curtis. Having been in the industry for over fifteen years Hannah has worked as an Artist Agent & Creative Director, developing long term relationships with clients globally across various industries.Hannah works closely with artists developing their portfolio, with art direction at her core […]

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February 2, 2021

24 | We love a brand new licensing agency! How Creative Sparrow quickly went from idea to a full nest with Hannah Curtis

Margo is joined by Michelle, the creative and business brain of Allen Designs. She has always had the dream of doing something big with her art, and at a Saturday Market, years ago, Michelle marked the start of what would become Allen Designs, a World of Whimsy. Her lack of schooling did not stop her […]

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January 26, 2021

23 | How do you turn art into product? Michelle shares the ups & downs and colorful outcomes of her business, Allen Designs

Margo is joined by Christine Hoffman, owner and designer at Foxglove, the Twin Cities first exclusively local and chemical-free flower studio. In 2017, Christine also founded Twin Cities Flower Exchange, a cut flower market for wholesale buyers. As a local flowers advocate, Christine is striving to form a strong community of sustainable flower farmers, small […]

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January 20, 2021

22 | Down a flower-filled path. From having a small creative business to growing a big successful new vision with Christine Hoffman

Margo is joined by the infamous Lilla Rogers. With a degree in fine art from San Francisco and a second degree in illustration, Lilla spent the 1980s working as a  full-time, highly successful illustrator, whose art has featured in publications including the New York Times Magazine, Vogue magazine, the Grammys and many more. She then […]

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January 14, 2021

21 | People Buy your Joy; Tales of Licensing & Design with Lilla Rogers

Margo is joined by Bex Morley, a British-Canadian artist living on Vancouver Island with the two teenage sons and daft dog. Bex creates joyful digital art for a variety of products including bolt fabric, stationery and home decor. Her work is inspired by the lighter side of life and nature, often featuring fun animal characters […]

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January 7, 2021

20 | Start wherever you are. It’s never too late to do something you love with Bex Morley.

Margo is joined by Jane Dagmi, editor-in-chief of Designers Today magazine, a B2B magazine for interior design professionals, and also host of the brand’s SAID podcast, and an avid participant in industry events and panels. Jane launched her editorial career at Country Living magazine (where we met!), which was followed by several years of freelance […]

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December 30, 2020

19 | Looking back & looking forward.. reminiscing about good creative details and what that means with Editor Jane Dagmi

Margo is meeting Maria Over in her windowsill. Maria is an artist, children’s books and surface illustrator. Part Dutch, part Greek, she is now based in Munich, Germany. She comes from a Fine Arts background with studies in painting, sculpture and digital art, and her journey has taken her from the Netherlands and Sweden for […]

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December 22, 2020

18 | Creative Courage…Coming back to who you are with Maria Over

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