Oliver Bonas is a British High Street and online lifestyle store. The company vision is to create inspiring Home and Gift collections, allowing self-expression and to encourage creativity. They believe that their designs go beyond the products to represent a lifestyle and offering Oliver Bonas as an experience.
Kate Butler is the Head of Home and Gift at Oliver Bonas – alongside a team of designers with an exploratory spirit who successfully channel it into their fashion and homeware collections. With creative roots stemming back to childhood, Kate always knew that she wanted to do something creative as a career, but her route into the design industry was not a standard one as she isn’t a trained designer. However, creativity is intrinsic to Kate. She has a natural affinity to make all things creative part of both her professional and personal life. She has 15 years’ experience working with aspirational high street lifestyle brands starting with Conran in 2006, and then moving to Anthropologie and then Habitat before Oliver Bonas. Her other passions in life are travelling and creating crowd pleasing recipes!
In episode 07 Charlotte and Kate discuss:
- Early creative roots and exploring these in education
- Following your own path, accepting challenges and learning and growing along the way
- Listening to your instincts and knowing what opportunities to grasp
- Insights into how a commercial design team works – from drawing to the final product
- Trying something new, pushing innovation in design, products and the materials we use
- The benefits of slowing down, giving yourself permission to rest and breathe and recharge
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