These interviews are a part of a series called, Where Are The Tastemakers Now? A few months ago I decided to catch up with two tastemakers that live abroad, Andrea Pippins and Marcus J Moore. I wanted to find out what’s new with their businesses, and how are they managing quarantine?
Andrea Pippins is an illustrator and author who has a passion for creating images that reflect what she wants to see in art, media, and design. Andrea is the author of: I Love My Hair, a coloring book featuring her illustrations celebrating various hairstyles and texture; Becoming Me, an interactive journal for young women to color, doodle, and brainstorm their way to a creative life; and We Inspire Me, a collection of essays, interviews, and advice on cultivating and empowering one's own creative community. She also illustrated Young Gifted and Black and Step Into Your Power. Her most recent publications is called, Who Will You Be?, were Andrea writes a book about all of the hopes and dreams a mother has for her newborn child. Andrea is based in Stockholm, Sweden with her husband and two children.
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As part of my conversation with Andrea I was excited to design a mood board around her recent book, Who Will You Become? I imagined a reading nook where Andrea would read this book to her own son, check out the links for some design inspiration.
Andrea’s recent book, Who Will You Be?
Fun floor lamp for a reading nook, Camber floor lamp
The dreamiest chair and ottoman on earth to sit and read a book, Womb chair + ottoman
Fun pattern area rug, Bana rug azure
A curvy bookcase with some personality, Isobel bookcase
Color pencils to get inspired, Prisma color pencils
Coloring book, I Love My Hair
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Marcus J. Moore is an award-winning music journalist, senior editor, curator, pundit, budding music supervisor and author of The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America. The book is being published by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on October 13, 2020.
Marcus is also a contributing writer with The Nation and a contributing editor with Bandcamp Daily. His coverage of soul, jazz, hip-hop, and rock can be found at The New York Times, Pitchfork, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, NPR, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, among many other outlets. He currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya with his wife.
This mood board was designed with the Morpholio Board App
For Marcus’ mood board I decided to create a lounge area to listen to music. I remember being inspired by the music room that Forbes + Masters created, so I wanted to use that in my board for some ideas. Check out the links to get inspired too.
Marcus J. Moore’s upcoming book, The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America
Interior Design by FORBES+MASTERS, Music Room
Low key textured area for the space, Kista Rug
The perfect noise canceling headphones to enjoy your music, Beats Headphones
Accent pillow for daybed, Turquoise Batik SPOT Pillow
Accent pillow for daybed, Yellow Ankara Pillow
Daybed to hangout on and listen to your favorite music, Black and White Daybed
Your dream speaker system to listen to music, Speaker
***This mood board was designed with the Morpholio Board App