Our participation in Indigo- Paris- Part 1: The stand

Finally I am back after few days of obligated time off after one of the most exciting yet busiest times of my life.
There is so many things that happen in september:

• First of all we had one of my dearest friends visiting from Mexico, she is the amazing and talented Aide Dorantes.
• My husband Vincent and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary as husband and wife.
• I celebrated my 40th birthday and we participated in Indigo -PV for second time this time in collaboration with 16 fabulous guest designers.

There is of course too much to tell and too much to share so I decided to make it in parts.
First I want to tell you about the stand:

In my previous participation in Indigo-Paris  in september 2011 I honestly focused only in designing, designing, designing.
I spend almost 4 months sitting in our kitchen and garden tables hand painting my designs, a week before the show I visited Indigo -Brussels were
I realized I have forgotten to think about the stand, for me was as simply as displaying my prettiest work in the wall, but during Indigo -Brussels I was blown away with some of the work the studios did to decorate the stand.
I came home and went shopping for details to give the stand a more personal look. Of course pink elements were in my priority list.
I took me 2 or 3 days to gather all together and I think at the end the stand was nice, but compared with the other studios was not an eye catcher.
That time I saw people covering walls with very expensive huge size prints, color curtains, lamps, wallpapering all the stand and even having a living room ambiance.
So I though, next time I will be at that level.

Believe creative studio Indigo -Paris 2011 stand

This year I went to the extreme: 4 months previous to the show I started to think what I want for a stand, I knew few things
1. Pink should be involved
2. I wanted an eye catcher stand
3. I Wanted lots of details but everything had to fit in our car including me, my husband and my friend, the collection, my outfits including birthday sparkling ballerinas and tiara.
4. I wanted something personal, I wanted to include pictures specially from the ones I mainly design for :the little ones in the world.

I truly spend days and nights thinking about the stand and every detail I needed to cover.
I was so obsessed about it that for weeks I focused only on it. I make some very rough graphics on how it will look.
I bought papers to wall cover part of my studio to try which one we liked the most and I spend hours in the shops looking every little detail even coordinating napkins which by the way I just stored because we barely used them.
I also needed to keep in mind I had somehow to display a selection of the designs that were the most representative of the collection without delivering everything at once to the customer.

I got amazing pictures from my lovely nieces and also amazing shoots from the boys of Ana Berger , one of our guest designers.
At the end, I did loved the stand, I think it really represented Believe Creative Studio style and  our soul as a brand.
I think walking trough all the isles and seeing fabulous and well planned stands ,ours was popping out thanks of the stikking pink paper we used as a wallpaper.
At least I think people will remember that : the pink stand.
To mount the stand we spend around 5 hours between 3 people , is honestly a bit of a heavy task, and it was really hard because that day (18 of September ) was our wedding anniversary and after we finished
We were so tired and hungry that we needed to eat anything… what was our immediate option? Burgers in Mc' Donald's… seriously???

Anyhow, we have to do what we have to do, this as any other job require sometimes little sacrifices which at the end payoff when you see the results and even better when you are happy with it.
Hope you like it as well.

Some notes for next time:
1. Try to find a balance between not even thinking that stand decoration is needed and obsessing about it.
2. Find and decide in few main elements and stick to them, even if later on I find the coolest ever.
3. Still think eye catcher stand.
4. Reflect the soul and brand identity.
5. Be efficient and reuse
6. Make reservations for dinner in a decent restaurant so we have time pressure and nice reward after the hard work.

at our arrival- blank stand

Aide cutting paper to wallcover the stand

last piece is covered... no more paper available!

finalizing details

the perfect team: Vincent too tall me too short

chairs and tablecloth

Love to see the name of our studio displayed in this way

Adorable giveaways

Vincent & Rosie: proud, happy and in love

Welcome to our blog hop!

Thanks for joining us in our blog hop and  visiting us from the fabulous Miranda Mol blog.

I am Rosie Martinez-Dekker Co-Founder and Creative Director of Believe Creative Studio.

Indigo-Paris  is almost there! We as a team have been working for few month already in preparing an amazing collection,full of color,fun and fantasy.

I am extremely  happy and proud of all of us in the team, We have been working for few months, preparing for this wonderful adventure.

Believe Creative Studio has been a dream of mine for years,  my goal was to be able to exhibit my work in the most important textile design show:Indigo Paris. I knew one day it will happen!

I also wanted to help other talented designers to achieve the same goal, and  this season I had the great idea to make an open invitation to other designers to be part of this adventure as Believe Creative Studio guest designers; which has been a great and rewarding experience.

I love to mentor and to motivate others, is in my nature!  This season I directed 16  talented designers from allover the world, and it  has been a great  challenge but also a great experience.

The group has been so supportive, enthusiastic and creative that the results are beyond expectations. So much good vibes and great spirit going around!

Our collection started wit the right foot, even before Indigo we already sold some designs from the A13/W14 collection.  I loved the moment of communicating it to the designers.

Is such a celebration not only for them but also for me. 

I hope this inspire you in someway to make that jump!

Everything is possible if you really want it, do not let the fear to overcome your dreams. Just go for it and Believe!!

If you want to get in touch, visit me at Believe Creative studio website and if you are in Paris visiting Premiere vision or Indigo next week, stop by at Believe Creative Studio stand (5U49) were you can see our fabulous collection.

Your invitation to visit Believe Creative Studio stand 

Thank you to all of the Believe Creative Studio guest designers for their efforts, hard work, encouragement, kindness and positive vibes. Thanks for  Believing in this adventure :
Anna Berger (Sweden)
Becky Holmes (UK)
Bethan Janine Westran (UK)
Bethania Lima  (Chile) 
Eva Marion Seyffarth (Germany)
Leslie Daughty (USA)
Jacqueline van Roosmalen (Netherlands)
Justine Aldersey-Williams (UK)
Laura Palacios (Canada)
Miranda Mol  (Netherlands)
Nicola Griffiths (UK)
Phyllida Coroneo (UK)
Silvia Micalizo (Italy)
Sue Cashman (UK)
Veronica Galbraith (UK)
Virginia Kamau (Sweden)

and once again thanks to my beloved and supportive husband Vincent Dekker for all his efforts, love, patience, help and mainly for Believing in my crazy adventures. He is definetly the brain in Believe Creative Studio.

Celebrate!

To continue with our blog hoop please visit Eva Marion Syffarth blog, she will  definitely amaze you with her wonderful personality and her lovely work.

Meet Virginia Kamau, Believe Creative Studio guest designer

Virginia is a talented designer born in Nairobi named at birth Njeri, which means a warrior's daughter.
Vriginia is based in Sweden, where she also attended University.

She wanted to enrich her passion in colors and she specialized in Surface Pattern design.

Virginia (Njeri)  Kamau 

Njeri Designs studio 

Virginia describes her style as very expressive and playful a mix which results into bold, bright,vibrant and exotic patterns.

I love the mix of elements and tribal motifs Virginia uses in her designs. I think is fantastic, the way she mix lines and forms to create beautiful patterns.

If you are interested of learning more about Virginia's visit her blog  where she shares DIY ideas, design tips, books she loves and she also features artists and creatives whom she admires or people who are a big inspiration in Virginias life.

Enjoy her lovely work !

Here is the mini-interview I made to Virginia.

What inspires you?

I have a very huge appetite for inspiration and that means, inspirations have got to be within rich to satisfy my appetite. 

So, certainly my ideas crop up from just any thing around the place I have my presence on at a given time. 

And lately I have become so bound with nature and especially on wild flowers. 

What is your favorite part of the surface pattern design work?

Absolute favorite is color choosing and coloring. Seeing how different color palettes choice result to different feelings is magical and I probably take ages on this part. I am learning though to limit my time as I could really spend time on coloring. 

What is your big dream as a designer?

O' I have a dream and it is with no doubt to sell my designs all over the globe keeping everyone's heart warm!

Copyright © Believe Creative Studio

Copyright © Believe Creative Studio

Copyright © Believe Creative Studio

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Introducing Believe Creative Studio guest designer: Bethania Lima

Bethania Lima is originally from Brazil and currently she is  located in Chile

She has a two degrees, one in Economics and one in Graphic Design.

Bethania is a passionate colorful  Surface Pattern Designer ,she defines her style as " colorful spontaneous geometry". 

Bethania  creates beautiful  artwork . I love her floral work!

She is very enthusiastic and very active participating in design contest where she has lots of success with her work.

Bethania  won a colourlovers contest and has been runner up and finalist of some others, and her work has been featured in several design blogs.

Bethania has a lovely blog which she defines as her sketch blog,  a place where  she shares her  surface pattern design love, she  has also amazing pictures of beautiful cities in South America such as Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and her current home Chile. 
Visit her blog!, you will be amazed with her fabulous images, from beautiful cities and her design work.

Bethania Lima

Bethania Lima studio

Here is a mini-interview I made to Bethania

What inspires you?

Nature, art, color, curiosity, trips, cities.

What is your favorite part of the surface pattern design work?

The “click” moment, I mean, the moment that after “blood, sweat and tears” you think you got an interesting idea.

What is your big dream as a designer?

To have a fresh, creative, vivid, recognizable and loved work!

Slides     Copyright@ Bethania Lima

June flower   Copyright@ Bethania Lima

Rug   Copyright@ Bethania Lima

Swing shapes     Copyright@ Bethania Lima 

Flower vase     Copyright@ Bethania Lima

All images are courtesy and property of Bethania Lima

Meet Believe Creative Studio guest designer: Miranda Mol

Miranda Mol is based in Den Bosh inThe Netherlands. 

Miranda Mol in her studio

Miranda, graduated in Textile Design with a BA in Tilburg the Netherlands. During several  years she has  worked freelancing as colorist and  designer. 

Miranda started her own company in lightning design.

After a while  Miranda decided to return to her other great ‘love’: Surface Pattern Design.

Miranda has great achievements , her work has been selected to be featured in the Pattern Base book and also she was runner up in a Rug designer competition from Elle Decoration.

She really has a very particular and unique style full of colorful geometric shapes very intrincated, but very well balanced full of color, her patterns are visual delight. Miranda is a very talented designer, super enthusiastic ! I love her positive spirit!

If you want to see more about Miranda's work visit her lovely blog, you will definetly will be fascinated with her work.

Here is the mini-interview I made to Miranda:

What inspires you?

All my life I’ve been totally addicted to colors and patterns. As a kid I liked sewing and knitting clothes for my puppets and for myself, using the most beautiful colorful fabrics. 

I find my inspiration in structures in nature, architecture and everywhere. Also I can get  many ideas from cultural expressions, like arabic patterns, etnics and tropicals. And the retro time of 70’s another my favorites, I  like to transform my ideas in patterns that are organical, symmetrical, colorful and full of expression.  

        

What is your favorite part of the surface pattern design work?

My favorite part of the surface design work is playing around with forms and colors. Mostly I translate my inspirations sources indirectly. I like starting by drawing some lines and forms, combining elements, often to abstract compositions. Love that process of experiments. When I have made a lot of these sketched elements I take a look to how to transform this in repeats and patterns. 

What is your big dream as a designer?

My big dream as designer is to start my own brand one day. Also designing for firms like Ikea and Hema are the goals I really like to achieve!

Mexican                              Copyright©Miranda Mol

Mosaique                        Copyright©Miranda Mol

Swirling Tile                    Copyright©Miranda Mol

Tangerine Tiles                       Copyright©Miranda Mol

Zigzag                     Copyright©Miranda Mol

All images are courtesy and property of Miranda Mol