This month’s guest is French artist Malika Favre.
And even though she speaks perfect English, we hesitated and finally decided to do the interview in French.
Because it’s her mother tongue — and so that her mother, Ouisa, could actually listen to one of her daughter’s podcasts for once !
So I thought it would be nice to add a bonus in English for non French speakers, with a quick recap of our conversation.
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You might not know Malika Favre’s name — but you have most likely come across her illustration work over the internet, billboards, books and/or magazines.
Famous for her Pop Art meets Op Art bold style, she has already done a dozen of covers for The New Yorker — the ultimate goal for all illustration artists — ; the poster of the 2017 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival — the ultimate goal for all jazz fans — ; dozens of covers for Penguin Books, editorial work for Vogue, and even 2 art books published by Counterprint.
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We addressed many subjects including: starting a career as an artist; why and how to choose your agent(s); copycats; building a reputation; building a community; collaborating with cool people and great brands; workload and time-management.
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What’s next?
Never stop drawing.
Make more objects.This month’s guest is French artist Malika Favre.
And even though she speaks perfect English, we hesitated and finally decided to do the interview in French.
Because it’s her mother tongue — and so that her mother, Ouisa, could actually listen to one of her daughter’s podcasts for once !
So I thought it would be nice to add a bonus in English for non French speakers, with a quick recap of our conversation.
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You might not know Malika Favre’s name — but you have most likely come across her illustration work over the internet, billboards, books and/or magazines.
Famous for her Pop Art meets Op Art bold style, she has already done a dozen of covers for The New Yorker — the ultimate goal for all illustration artists — ; the poster of the 2017 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival — the ultimate goal for all jazz fans — ; dozens of covers for Penguin Books, editorial work for Vogue, and even 2 art books published by Counterprint.
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We addressed many subjects including: starting a career as an artist; why and how to choose your agent(s); copycats; building a reputation; building a community; collaborating with cool people and great brands; workload and time-management.
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What’s next?
Never stop drawing.
Make more objects.
If you’d like to find out more about what I call Creative Management, I dedicated a full episode to it a few months ago.
Today, I would like to take a closer look at one aspect of Creative Management: team-building.
What exactly does it involve?
What are the benefits?
I also share a great example, as well as a counter-example, from my own experience as an employee.
And bonus: I talk about my favorite sports coach, Ted Lasso. (no spoiler as I haven’t started Season 4 yet).
If you’re interested in offering your team a workshop / team-building / training session, do drop me an email! lbm@lilibonnet.com
I can organise and facilitate almost anywhere in the world 🙂
Je connais Fabien depuis plus de 20 ans, à l’époque où il était graphiste.
Nous avons collaboré sur un projet et nous avons maintenu le lien — parce que c’est quelque chose que j’aime faire, bien sûr, mais surtout parce que j’ai toujours apprécié son esprit entrepreneurial.
Lui qui même en intégrant une école d’art, ne savait pas ce qu’il allait faire plus tard, avait juste une vision assez large de son avenir :
– se lever quand il voulait ;
– ne pas travailler pour un patron ;
– et habiter dans un loft.
Aujourd’hui c’est le cas.
Propriétaire de UNSEEN, une boutique vintage à Bruxelles, mais aussi designer, menuisier…
c’est clairement impossible de le définir en un seul mot car il a justement développé et déployé de nombreuses compétences.
Et c’est assez fascinant de voir à quel point ce multi-potentiel a besoin de se libérer des chaînes qu’une compétence inclut, pour s’autoriser à ne pas exercer un seul métier. Ne pas se limiter. Et c’est justement à la source de tout ce qu’il entreprend.
Dans cet épisode, nous avons aussi parlé :
– de pop culture,
– du syndrome de l’imposteur,
– de santé mentale,
– et d’identité, grâce à sa reconnexion récente avec son pays d’origine, le Vietnam.
