MEET CECILIA, CO-FOUNDER VISIONAIRE
NEW YORK

 

— WHAT'S YOUR BEAUTY?

ORGANIC TULIPS
VINTAGE VALENTINO
MY BIKE
WORKING FOR LOVE, NOT MONEY
PTHE ARCTIC
VEGETABLE GARDENS
PEOPLE WHO CHANGE MY PERSPECTIVE
ARTISTS STUDIOS

 

“I GUESS THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS ART DOES,
IS KEEPS US FROM FALLING ASLEEP.”

 

— ON VISIONAIRE

“VISIONAIRE IS ALL ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE AND WE’RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING SOME SORT OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL BOOK PUBLISHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO TASTE IT OR YOU HAVE TO SMELL IT, THE ISSUE THAT WE RECENTLY CAME OUT WITH IT’S STENCILS MADE OUT OF SHEETS OF COPPER. SO YOU HAVE TO SPRAY PAINT THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY REQUIRE INTERACTION.”



— ON INSPIRATION

“MOST PEOPLE TALK ABOUT TAKING EXOTIC TRIPS TO GET INSPIRATION OR SOMEHOW LEAVING THEIR DAILY WORLD, AND TO ME, THAT’S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. TAKING A TRIP ON THE SUBWAY IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND INSPIRING IF YOU ALLOW IT TO BE. IF YOU CAN DERIVE CREATIVITY AND IDEAS FROM EVERYTHING THAT’S AROUND YOU, THEN I THINK YOU’RE GOLDEN.”

 

 

— WHAT'S YOUR BEAUTY? NEW YORK OR LA?

“I THINK I’M MUCH MORE OF A NEW YORKER THAN I AM A CALIFORNIA GIRL, BUT, I FEEL LATELY, MY CALIFORNIA UPBRINGING HAS BEEN REIGNITED. AND I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, THE CLIMATE CRISIS, FARMING. ALL THOSE THINGS COME FROM MY CHILDHOOD. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT’S WHY I’M DRAWN TO THEM RIGHT NOW.’




— WHAT'S YOUR BEAUTY? ON COLLABORATIONS

“I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE CALM. AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR VIEWPOINT, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT MY AGENDA IS, WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE’RE DOING A COLLABORATION BETWEEN AN ARTIST AND A CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, BIG COMPANY, IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT AGENDA FROM WHAT THE COMPANY HAS AND YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW GET EVERYONE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT EVERYBODY’S HAPPY. WELL, IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF NEGOTIATING, HANDHOLDING, UM, REASSURANCE.”