In this episode, we're travelling to Barcelona to visit Malika Favre.
French artist Malika, who launched her career in London and lived there for over 15 years, wanted to move closer to the sun and colours of the South a few years ago.
His flat is like him: warm, welcoming, graphic, and colourful.
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Ever since she started drawing as a child, Malika has never stopped.
At the intersection of Pop Art and Op Art (Optical Art), his style is so identifiable that we are bound to know his work – even if we sometimes struggle to put a name to his illustrations.
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She collaborates with the biggest brands and publications, but it's through the prism of her encounters that we approached this interview.
Because as she says so well, we often talk about the projects we've completed, but we tend to forget to talk about the people we worked with.
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And if I've chosen to deviate from the rule of the 15th of each month for this new episode, it's quite simply because December 14th is her birthday. So happy birthday Malika, and thank you for your generosity!
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 favourite sports coach, Ted Lasso. (no spoiler as I haven’t started Series 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 🙂
I’ve known Fabien for over 20 years, back when he was a graphic designer.
We worked together on a project and have stayed in touch — partly because it’s something I enjoy doing, of course, but mainly because I’ve always admired his entrepreneurial spirit.
Even when he enrolled at art school, he didn’t know what he was going to do later on; he just had a fairly broad vision of his future:
– getting up whenever he wanted;
– not working for a boss;
– and living in a loft.
Today, that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He’s the owner of UNSEEN, a vintage shop in Brussels, but he’s also a designer, a carpenter…
it’s clearly impossible to define him in a single word, as he has developed and put to use a wide range of skills.
And it’s quite fascinating to see how much this multi-potential individual needs to free himself from the constraints that a single skill entails, to allow himself not to be confined to just one profession. Not to limit himself. And that is precisely the driving force behind everything he undertakes.
this episode, we also talked about:
– pop culture,
– imposter syndrome,
– mental health,
– and identity, thanks to his recent reconnection with his country of origin, Vietnam.
