Suzie-Q
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92 // Julie Schalit, who designs under the label Suzie-Q, was born in Paris, but now lives in Bordeaux, in the southwest of France, where she studied Graphic Design. Julie describes her work as retro and colourful, and she loves the music, designs and fashion of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. As a unique and original way to present her work, Julie superimposes her designs onto classic images of iconic figures such as Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. After studying Graphic Design, Julie founded Les Louisettes, one of the first businesses in France to design and manufacture stickers as a fashion accessory. Julie named her first business after her daughter Louise, and dedicated her current business to her other daughter, Suzie. Her ambition for the future is to move into fashion and see her prints on dresses and shirts. She would also love to design for stationery and home, and to create for brands such as Liberty, Hermès and Designers Guild.
Design Heroes: Henri Matisse, Bernard Buffet, Vera Neumann
Summertime
Painterly dashes and stripes create an abstract landscape.
Trees
Cool coloured stripes are adorned with intricate cross-hatching and shading that echo stylized bark.
Fork
Points resembling the prongs of a fork criss-cross like a basket weave. These designs were not created to answer to a commercial order but just to reflect a moment of inspiration.