… Have you ever felt that your studio’s missing something? You might have all the technology and design equipment that you need, a collection of tasteful prints adorning the walls, a smattering of office plants and of course all the commissions you can comfortably handle, but if things still don’t seem quite right then maybe you need a studio pet to breathe some extra life into your workspace. Having a friendly animal around the place can be a great stress-reliever, and they’re also brilliant at forcing you to take those essential screen breaks. Even better, they can help sharpen your creative skills; what better way to figure out how to draw a cat than by having an actual cat around to practise on? We put the call-out to creatives to tell us about their studio pets, and they delivered. Let’s take a tour of eight studios and their assorted furry friends…
… To Barcelona, and Yellow, a design and audiovisual studio founded in 2011 by Konstantina Gavala. Working on a variety of cross-discipline projects including brand identity, print, packaging, architectural and interior design, photography and digital media, Yellow is also home to nine-year-old Maya. Her main enemy is the office printer, and she likes to keep an eye on how the team is handling projects…
