Working Differently: Daisy de Villeneuve on how to be a commercially successful artist

Living the dream and living off the dream - here's a roadmap from Daisy de Villeneuve

Daisy de Villeneuve is a London-born illustrator, designer and writer. She studied Fashion and Fine Art at Parsons School of Design. In 2004, she had a solo exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum. She’s designed for Topshop, Nike and Moët & Chandon. She even designed a special edition Oyster card holder for Transport for London. Her books include ‘He Said She Said' and 'I Told You So', full of her brightly-coloured, felt-tip illustrations with pithy word-play. I met Daisy in her cool and decorative Camden flat and perused her collection of conversation-sparking dinner party cards - including Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin - A Game of Stories, The Marina Abramovic Method: Instruction Cards to Reboot Your Life and a board game from the School of Life – and I signed her guest book! We had a blast. Here’s how Daisy has created an intensely creative life doing what she’s always loved.

A seat at Daisy’s table. Credit: Leo Cackett

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