Inspired by frequencies found in nature – the phases of the moon, the seasonal migration of birds, the beat of the human heart – graphic designer Jill Malek hand silk-screens her designs with metallics and tone-on-tone colors to create wallpapers with an unmistakable energy.
WHO ARE YOU? I'm Jill Malek and I design luscious prints and wall designs.
1. PICK A NUMBER 1 THROUGH 10. GO. 6
2. WHAT'S THE ODDEST THING IN YOUR REFRIGERATOR? A jar of my face cream called "NEW LUBE" that is sharing shelf space with old packets of soy sauce.
3. WHAT'S A PRODUCT YOU WISH YOU'D THOUGHT UP? Post-it Notes
4. USE THE WORD "BAFFLEGAB" IN A SENTENCE. The woman was quite bafflegabbed to find a chimpanzee washing his hair in her shower. Is it ok to use the word in past tense?
5. WHAT'S SOMETHING YOU AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE? My belly button ... I have a small belly button phobia.
6. HAVE YOU EVER FELT COMPELLED TO BUY A BILLY MAYS PRODUCT? (YOU KNOW, OXICLEAN, HERCULES HOOKS...) The only infomercial product I have been tempted to buy is the omelet flipper, it perfectly flips your omelets and tucks all of the contents neatly inside. I don't think that falls under the Billy Mays umbrella, however.
7. I'M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT Weapons of mass destruction.
8. WHAT'S THE FUNNIEST NICKNAME YOU'VE GIVEN OR BEEN GIVEN? "Jiblets"
9. IF YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU DO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? That's a hard one. There are things that I have dreamed of doing but I am not sure I would be doing them ... like being a back-up singer for Tina Turner but only when she sings "Proud Mary"
10. WE'RE FISHIN' FOR SOME NEW MUSIC, SO WHAT BAND(S) DO YOU LOVE RIGHT NOW? I don't listen to CDs anymore ... I am often at my computer listening to Groove Salad on SomaFM. It gets me in my flow state every time.
