kris atomic, illustrator from uk.

kristina is a freelance illustrator,
photographer, blogger, cat lover, avid reader,
only child, tea drinker, filofax user and stephen fry fan.
she graduated from camberwell college of arts.
she currently lives in brighton, uk.

kris atomic is an alter ego
necessitated by a 13 letter long surname
that no-one can ever spell.

i like her style, i like the fact she's able to do
different kind of things,
all of them high-level.

sixpack, group of designers from france.

sixpack france starts emerging as a brand,
but a brand different from the rest.
a brand with a new approach
and new process for doing things.
with mutual interests, everybody wins.
launching of the shop online.
the sixpack family opens up
to new members such as the institubes' record label.
they soon appear trendy,
but it's just a peeps' thing.
exhibitions and articles in magazines,
art and business, success and misunderstandings.
suckers and haters.
.
i personally adore their t-shirt collection:
the best of the web in its category!

leeza o'reilly, set designer from austria.

she's a food and interior stylist.

oh, man, ...what a style!!!

nina chakrabarti, a doodle artist from india... to uk.

nina was born and spent her early life in calcutta, india.

she moved to the uk in her teens carrying her stamp collection
under her arm and little else.
she studied illustration at central st. martins,
and many years later, at the royal college of art.

her work is often concerned with collections
and the composition of objects.
she works using rotring pens, felt tips, biros, pencils, inks and...her mac.
she enjoys using different technologies
and mediums and collaborating
with others when the opportunity arises.

floria sigismondi, photographer and director from canada.

floria sigismondi (born 1965 in pescara, italy)
is a photographer and director.
apart from her art exhibitions she is best known for directing
music videos for christina aguilera, muse, the white stripes,
david bowie, sheryl crow, the cure, björk, amon tobin and marilyn manson.
Broken Boy Soldier

her parents were opera singers.
her family, including her sister antonella, moved to
hamilton, ontario, canada when she was two.
in her childhood she became obsessed by drawing and painting.
from 1987 she studied painting and illustration
at the ontario college of art & design.
when she took a photography course,
she became obsessed once more,
and graduated with a photography major.
floria Sigismondi started a career as a fashion photographer.
she came to directing music videos when she was approached
by the production company the revolver flm co.,
and directed music videos for a number of canadian bands.
her very innovative, but also very disturbing video works,
located in sceneries she once described as
"entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings",
attracted a number of very prominent musicians.
with her photography and sculpture installations
she had solo exhibitions around the world.
her photographs also were included in numerous group exhibitions.


in October 2004 she gave birth to a daughter, tosca.
the father is her husband living things frontman lillian berlin.
floria resides in toronto and new york.

raphaël vicenzi, a graphic designer from belgium.

his name is raphaël and he's a self-taught illustrator.

he lives in brussels, belgium.
he has been featured in illusive2,
fashion wonderland, idea design, computer arts,
advanced photoshop and others.

i personally love his way!

find him on behance.

RHLS, a modern way to create handmade clothes. from brooklin.

they specialize in super quality, handmade apparel, made by the designers r.mackswell sherman, and sarah jones in redhook, brooklyn. their studio sits sea side, complete with a glimmering view of the statue of liberty, right across the water providing them with hope.

theye like to keep it small, ethical and homegrown. no outsourcing their labor overseas or even out of state (its all done under one roof). they use salvaged materials, dead stock from manufacturers, or vintage sweatshirts, and vintage cotton products as their source fabric.

they are part of a wonderful business model called parachute, (a new project by the founder of etsy.com). theye are exploring ways to help cottage industry pioneers take their business to the next level and compete with mainstream fashion/production industry by providing subsidies and educational opportunities. by supporting RHLS your are supporting the future of handmade industry.

to buy their own stuff, go on etsy, of course!

elen eusdin, photographer from paris.

when a photographer meets fabrics.

elene@hartlandvilla.com

ELENE USDIN
77, rue de Charonne
75011 Paris

+ 33 6 09 52 36 94