Kate Moross
Guest Posting 24 – 28 October 2011
Making our guest post home for the week is illustration polymath Kate Moross. Her love and work with the music industry – right through from the talent to the top dogs – has lent her enough know-how and enthusiasm for the design cross-over with music to launch her own music label, Isomorph Records. With her own-brand freeform lettering and affinity for geometrics, she has designed a line with Topshop and been the pen behind numerous brand campaigns for the likes of Cadbury’s, Nike and Nokia – all in all, not bad for someone whose been out of art school less time then she was in it.
How do you explain what you do to your parents?
I don’t have to go into too much detail, I think they get it on the most part. They are part of the reason I do what I do, encouraged me in my career from a really young age.
Who do you look like?
A seven year old boy.
Did your education count?
Yes, but perhaps not in the most traditional way. It was more what happened around the learning that counted.
What’s the best mistake you have ever made?
I make too many to notice.
When did you realise that this is what you were good at?
Because I sucked at most other things in comparison.
What rules do you live by?
Hard work, and good behaviour.
What makes your day?
A coffee from Kaffeine and a cigarette in the morning while ticking things off an ever-growing to-do list.
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
An inventor, I didn’t realise it at the time that that is basically what a designer is.
What one thing would you like to be remembered by/for?
Prolificacy.
What’s your favourite combination?
Pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.
What’s the funniest thing you have EVER seen?
It’s over now, but Grape Lady never gets old.
www.katemoross.com
