Thereza Rowe
95 // Thereza Rowe was born in Brazil and adopted by the UK. Holding dual nationalities, she embraces equally her two cultural backgrounds whilst living in London. Thereza studied for a BA in Graphic Information Design at the University of Westminster in London but soon decided the path she wanted to follow was image making and illustration, so she undertook a master’s degree in Illustration at Kingston University. Her art is very much inspired and influenced by mid- century modern design as well as Brazilian folklore, the work of José Francisco Borges in particular. Shape, colour and imagination make up the backbone of her work. Clients have included Poketo, Anorak magazine, Urban Graphic and Bloomsbury. Thereza published her first children’s book as author and illustrator in 2014 with Toon Books. Going forward, she has plans to build up a body of work exploring pattern over one year through the four seasons.
Design Heroes: Charley Harper, Alexander Girard, Lucian Ercolani
Circence 1
A circus-tent design featuring colourful parallelograms and trapezoids. Created as part of a book Thereza is illustrating for Brazilian publisher Companhia das Letras.
At the Circus
Semicircles fused together in irregular rows cleverly become the hair of these stylized audience members.
Circence 2
Swirling stripes of bright colour spin over this design, created as a pattern for Thereza’s circus book for Companhia das Letras.
Bear with Me
The colourful diamond patterns used to decorate the arms of this bear really stand out against the dark, atmospheric colour scheme. Created as part of an advent calendar with 24 daily illustrations throughout December.