In this week’s episode, I catch up with an old friend from London, the incredible artist, Daisy de Villeneuve.  She has collaborated with incredible brands like Moët & Chandon, Nike, Topshop, Zac Posen, Missoni, Kate Spade and more.  She has written and collaborated on several books which are filled with her cheeky illustrations.  We talk about her upbringing by an American mom and a British dad and how they fostered her creative side from a very young age.  We talk about the highs and lows of making her living as an artist and how no-one in her family has ever had a “real” job.  She is kind and creative and hilarious and I can’t wait for you to get to meet her!

xx
Jo

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Daisy’s Bio:
Daisy de Villeneuve was born in London in 1975. She is half English and half American, she grew

up in the countryside in Kent and West Sussex. She attended Parsons School of Design in both

New York and Paris, studying Fashion Design and Fine Art, graduating with a BFA in Fine Arts.

Daisy has been working in her signature style of felt-tip pens since the age of three and has made

a successful career out of it. She has been commissioned by brands such as Moët & Chandon,

Globetrotter, Nike, Topshop, Zac Posen, Kate Spade, Clinique, Weleda, Habitat and Missoni. She

has illustrated for magazines such as British Vogue, Elle Decoration, Wallpaper*, The Sunday

Times Style Magazine, Elephant Magazine, The New York Times T Magazine, Grazia China, Elle

Girl Korea, i-D online and The Guardian.

Daisy’s work has appeared in department stores and boutiques around the world, including

Liberty’s London, Brown’s Focus in London, Shinsegae in South Korea, Colette in Paris and

Fashion Illustration Gallery at The Shop at Bluebird in both the King’s Road and Covent Garden,

London.

She has exhibited in numerous cities across the globe including Athens, Tokyo, Milan and New

York. She has had solo shows at The Fashion and Textile Museum in London, The Laing Gallery in

Newcastle and at ARTREPCO in Zurich.

She wrote and illustrated the whimsical books, ‘He Said She Said’, and ‘I Told You So’, both

published by Pocko Editions in the U.K. and Chronicle Books in the U.S.A. ‘I Should Have Said’

was published by Hardie Grant in the U.K. and Rizzoli in the U.S.A. The V&A commissioned her to

illustrate their paper doll book, ‘Fashion Mash-Up’, published by Penguin Random House, as well

as attaining several of her illustrations for The Victoria and Albert Museum Prints, Drawings &

Paintings Collection.

Her work has been acquired by Soho House, The Groucho Club and The House of KOKO’s,

London, for their art collections.

Since March 2021 she has been a regular contributor to the New York based podcast, Story +

Rain, illustrating their weekly guests.

Daisy is currently making artwork for a group Summer show, (BE)LONGING, in London in June

2026. Her most recent collaborations have been with the British brands, Marfa Stance & Manava

Collection.

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Daisy has received a D&AD pencil award for Creative Excellence in Crafts For Advertising /

Illustration For Advertising for #sohonotsoso.