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Elisabeth Vidal, Designer
Welcomed into the home of Elisabth Vidal on her 52nd birthday says much about the French designer’s warmth and enthusiasm, even before we delve into her sublime catalogue of collaborative projects...
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Maly Mann, Painter
With intentions on becoming a teacher, Los Angeles-based painter Maly Mann subsequently left university to pursue a freelance lifestyle as an artist. A pathway that was always calling, yet blurred with fear. We meet with Maly to speak about the moments that are pivotal in developing creative work — managing time & anxiety, and the courage to call one's own boundaries.
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Stevie Dance
Avid readers of the first issues of RUSSH will remember it’s progressive aesthetic and politically minded voice: celebrating youth, sex, curiosity and authenticity. But what readers were actually enjoying is the vision and voice of Stevie Dance, who led the magazine in its beginning years. We visit Stevie at her LA home in her newest role as a mother to her beautiful son Harmony.
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Kristin Dickson-Okuda of Iko Iko
For years we have admired Kristin Dickson-Okuda of Iko Iko's approach to concept and construction, building her creative language from acknowledging an experience’s essence and making it tangible. Becoming a mother has clarified her vision. Her work is unveiled by ego and determined to gently answer some of life’s little questions. Claire Cottrell visited Kristin at the studio, capturing her in motion, somewhere between problem-solving and play.
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Sigrid McCarthy
We are drawn to women who are dedicated to long terms projects that focus on the betterment of the future, those who spend today educating and shifting perspective on how action can be taken for tomorrow. A great example is founder of Intent Journal, Sigrid McCarthy.
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Marta Rubio, The Bathing Series — Tokyo, Japan
Bathing with a kind heart turned inward, we find transformation in the mundane sensing a connection between effort and pleasure...
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Transforming Thoughts
Opening up conversations around the sticky, the gritty, & the pleasurable things in life, we look at ways our Sans Coven work to transform ideas or shift bad habits in order to operate at their most optimum.
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Mona Kowalska of A Détacher
Artist Ana Kras visited Mona at her home, just before A Détacher showed a finale collection at New York Fashion Week. The ending of this chapter stems from Mona’s personal desire to step back and focus on other creative projects. We feel lucky to have caught Mona in a moment of change, a time where she is allowing her intuition to guide her...
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Claire Cottrell, Filmmaker + Photographer
Award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Claire Cottrell has held our attention for many years. Dividing her work into design, women and food, Claire's work spans a narrative that references archetypes in architecture, literature and film. Now splitting her time between Los Angeles and France, Claire has created for herself a way to allow for dense working periods that are then balanced with ample space, time, and long solo walks...
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Erica Chidi Cohen, Doula and Founder of LOOM
Aware of the fear, confusion, and physical demands motherhood can deliver, in-demand doula Erica Chidi Cohen has created LOOM: a safe, non-judgmental space that supports women through their journey from periods to fertility and pregnancy to parenting. Offering health & sex education, the practical and spiritual tools for pregnancy and delivery, Erica's approach to motherhood is simply to empower and to nurture...
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