We were honored to have the opportunity to visit artist Betsy Walton at her studio and home in Portland, Oregon. You know by now that Betsy has been a long time collaborator with Poketo and it was natural to have her designs in the Poketo for Target collection. Betsy keeps two studios, one for her graphic design and illustration work with partner JD Hooge and Grid/Plane Design. Betsy’s home is her other studio where she paints and creates most of her art.
Visiting her spaces, one easily sees all the wonderful influences that infiltrates her work. Her work studio is modern, clean, and a communal space among various creatives in design, animation, and music. Step inside her home, its wonderfully cozy. Betsy keeps easy going company with her cat, and all the natural flora, and other collected nature in and around her home, it is just perfectly Betsy.
Camilla Engman has an international following of admirers, and we at Poketo are no exception. Camilla has done wallet designs for us in the past and of course, are totally sold out and gone. But, we did bring back one design for the Poketo for Target collection. Camilla’s imagery has a wide emotional range. Some are dark and moody, others are light and whimsical. If you haven’t seen her studio in Sweden, it’s breathtaking, open, spare and cozy. Totally one of those places that you could be at work all day long.
Below, she shares with us pictures not of her studio, but, even better… her home. On top of that, some special illustrations of things real and imagined… just for Poketo!
Check out Camilla’s blog, a beautiful documentation of her everyday life in Sweden. Don’t forget to check out Camilla’s design Poketo x Target here, and of course, in Target stores nationwide.
And if you are curious, here is her studio. Amazing.
Cole Gerst, one of our Poketo for Target artists, is by far one of the coolest, most prolific, most humble people we’ve met. It’s an honor that he is part of Poketo and we were super stoked to get a sneak peek into his home and studio. There we discovered what inspires him, checked out his impressive collection of folk art, and got a rad taste his own art. Enjoy!
Cole has made gig posters for bands like Built To Spill, Tokyo Police Club, Death Cab For Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Stereolab, The Shins, Vampire Weekend…. and too many more to list.
Cole’s family has its fair share of birdwatchers. He loves birds–here is a sampling of his collection of unique birdhouses, some of which are made from found objects.
Keep a little bit of Cole wherever you go. Check out his Poketo for Target piece here. I put this on my bag, use it as a zipper pull, and on my keys…. I got a bit of sweet California with me always.
Meet Jeana Sohn-artist, blogger, and model for the Poketo for Target collection. Photographer Ye Rin Mok captured most of the lookbook in Jeana’s beautiful, Hollywood Hills home where she lives with musician and husband Brad Breeck and her two little dogs.
Can you tell us about where you live? What makes it special for you?
I live in an old 3-story house in Hollywood Dell. I love that it has a great view, and the floor plan is very open for an old house. Also, I see so many humming birds around. The whole house feels very magical and inspiring.
What’s your favorite place in your home? Do you have a place to dream, rest, work, and play?
I spend a lot of time on the 3rd floor (it’s just a big open space). I often move things around and set things up there and take photos, film and paint. We call this floor “Jeana’s creative space”. Sometimes it turns into a dance floor! My husband’s music studio is on the first floor so when he has clients downstairs, I have privacy upstairs.
Are there any secret places you like to go to for inspiration?
I like to hike at the Hollywood Reservoir, Franklin Park and Griffith Park (there are so many nice trails there!). Rancho Palos Verdes and Abalone Cove are my favorite beaches.
What are your favorite places for fashion finds in Los Angeles?
For vintage: Goodwill, Squaresville in Los Feliz, American Rag’s vintage section, thrift stores in Palmdale, and the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
For contemporary: Mohawk General Store, Clare Vivier, Opening Ceremony, Steven Alan Outpost and sample sales.
What is your perfect day like?
Get up, coffee, clean the house (i like cleaning!), farmer’s market, lunch & coffee with friends, create something fun at home or outside, go for a long walk with brad and the dogs. Then cook a yummy dinner, get some gelato, watch a late night movie, and sleep.
Follow Jeana on her blog. We are in love with her blog here at Poketo. This is where we discovered the videos she makes. We caught ourselves watching her videos over and over-they were fun, moody, adventurous, bright, intriguing, simply beautiful-We fell in love and we asked Jeana to make a video inspired by Poketo. Here is what she made. Perfect.
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