Gemma is a UX Designer by day and at all other possible times she is a digital letterer. Her style is simplistic, block colours, mixing lettering styles into a composition whilst using subtle tones of contrasting colours. Gemma’s words and phrases are often influenced by her anxiety. She uses these thoughts and feelings to turn them into positive messages for daily dealings with anxious thoughts.
I’ve handmade every card I’ve given out in the past 4 years! Love giving out something handmade!
I knew I wanted to be a graphic designer from a young age so I studied Graphic Comms at Uni and then became a graphic designer and now a UX designer. I’m not an Illustrator, but I got into digital lettering because of my love for fonts!
Daily dealings with an anxious brain inspires me to create work that is positive!
I work as a UX designer throughout my 9-5 and love getting home and spending hours in the kitchen cooking up a storm! Love trying out cooking new things, especially asian food! I recently cooked my own vegetable gyoza as a side dish, gyoza skins and all!
I usually cook! I find it so therapeutic and I seem to think about nothing while I do it.
Procreate and Apple Pen!
My colour palettes are all usually inspired from Scandinavian interior design and my phrases are all positive turns on my own personal thoughts.
Designing and painting a lettering mural on the side of a building.
Danii Pollehn is a print designer and illustrator living in Hamburg, Germany. After graduating with an honors in Fashion Design from the Academy of Fashion & Design in Berlin and Hamburg, Danii has worked as a freelance stylist for magazines and print-commercials for several years. With a special interest in nature, traveling and paying attention to the details in everyday surroundings Danii finds an endless source of inspiration to create unique and innovative artwork and designs.
I´m addicted to asian food, chocolate, trench-coats, Frank Ccean, Sampha and James Blake, my sneakers, books, art, breakfast, grocery shopping and I‘m leaving a crumb trail!
I was always painting and drawing so it seemed like a logic career path to me.
Plants and flowers of course but traveling and my every day surroundings are always a great way to get inspired!
Starting with a great breakfast afterwards checking and answering emails, and working and preparing orders. Painting in the afternoon and working on Instagram in the evening.
Just stop forcing it and try to use the time to meet friends and have long walks!
Recently I did flowers for a big company which I really enjoyed creating. Winning a design contest to have a textile design with Urban Outfitters was amazing when I started out, or I also enjoyed creating an entire print collection for a local surfwear company!
Procreate and Photoshop.
Pinterest or I also love to check out old books on fleamarkets!
Get yourself out there and start networking!
Designing for big fashion houses like Gucci or Chloe or just have my stuff on big billboards in NYC would be awesome! Having my own home decor collection with ikea would also be perfect!
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