What day and time is it? What do you usually do at this time of the week?
« 10:49 on a Monday morning… Sam, my puppy, and I are going to walk and play ball very early in the morning before going to the studio. »
Painter, designer, graphic artist, illustrator, architect… Alex Proba has more than one trick up her sleeve! Destined to become a doctor, the creative artist finally decided on a completely different destiny: after joining the Design Academy in Eindhoven, she took on a series of high-profile contracts. Art director for Kickstarter, design director for the agency Mother, then in the Nike art studio.
Fascinated by the colours of her grandmother’s flower arrangements and a faithful transcriber of the atmospheres and details that surround her, Alex Proba draws a shimmering and naive world with abstract and endearing forms. A joyful and regressive aesthetic that she transcribes through Little Proba, a charity for which she makes rugs inspired by children’s drawings. A candid encounter.
What day and time is it? What do you usually do at this time of the week?
« 10:49 on a Monday morning… Sam, my puppy, and I are going to walk and play ball very early in the morning before going to the studio. »
Your mood of the day?
« Restless. »
What are the inspirations for this project?
« I don’t usually design my work around inspirational figures or artwork. Rather, it is the elements of everyday life that will feed my work. »
What has shaped your taste?
« My grandmother, I think. She was a florist. The plants, their colours, have a cheerful and magical side that I liked a lot. »
Form, function or fantasy?
« Fantasy. »
A colour range that follows you?
« Pantone reference 4745. »
The next design piece you would like to buy?
« Furniture from the Danish manufacturer Montana for my room. »
3 items to be hunted?
« Blown glass vases and glasses and lamps made from bread by Yukiko Morita. »