Interview | Studio Faeger | Finding Your Own Voice
A podcast interview with Vix Barker, founder of Studio Faeger, about finding and nurturing your own creative voice.
Victoria Barker: “The ingredients to your magic are recognising what that recipe is for yourself in order to create your own story. And naturally, your identity will shine through, feeling authentic and true.”
The internal life of creative entrepreneurs fascinates me, and it's my view that the mental health of this extraordinary group of people warrants great discussion. What makes a person create? What makes them keep creating? What part do persistence patients and pauses play? How do you experience the aloneness of it? How do you handle failure and disappointment? What impact does leading a team have and what part does neurodiversity play? What's burnout and how can it be avoided? And how can we keep creative and committed in an opportunity, challenges or economic uncertainty? And as ever, my North Star in it all. How can we make the creative commercial and the commercial creative whilst maintaining good mental health?
In this episode I am delighted to say that we are tackling one of my favourite topics – creative identity – with one of my favourite creatives, Victoria Barker founder of Studio Faeger.
Studio Faeger has a tangibility to it so often forgotten in the digital age. Her designs lift the soul, are embracing and have just enough humour and lightness in them that your day is better for it. It is a reminder of what interior design is for – it’s not for static crafted images in magazines or videos on social media. It is about the right table to sit and converse at with your best friend, a kitchen that nourishes you, a sofa to sink into with your toddler or your teen, it’s the beauty of living life well. Victoria has swiftly cemented her look and feel alongside what it is to work with her. Both are magical.
We are very lucky to have the chance to explore how you discover, nurture and develop your creative identity. We will consider what actions, people and places augment and affirm that identity. And we will debate how to tackle the challenges, dilutions and distractions that come your way. Victoria has carved out a career, a portfolio of work, a swathe of delighted clients by ever so gently, with ever so much determination focus and grit, expressed her own creative identity. She seems to be able to avoid those pitfalls of comparison, distraction and doubt. Those who have this gift are flames to the rest of us moths and so I very much hope that you will enjoy Up With The Lark and Studio Feager on Creative Identity.
Studio Faeger: www.studiofaeger.com
Up With The Lark: www.upwiththelark.com