Bon Vivants

With a background in the fashion industry, Rachel Konte now uses her eye for design to run a coffee business with her husband. She shared with us how her extensive experience in other creative fields has prepared her for her influential role in Red Bay Coffee, and how she continues to find new ways to feel inspired and proud of her work. 

In the third installment of our 'Meet the Artist' series, ten-year-old Gabriella tells us about her life as a daughter, a student, a cook, a skateboarder, and a music connoisseur. 

“My creative process is intuitive, I never pre-plan my arrangements, or the materials that I will be working with. I let them speak to me, and I have the honor of interpreting their voices.”

Plants have been a primary focus of my life since childhood. I never could have imagined what Flora Grubb Gardens would become. It is beyond my wildest dreams. 

As the lead designer and founder of Mi Cocina, Ulrich Conrad Simpson, known to most as Ubi, has re-imagined denim with a functional and stylish take for the modern home. 

Or at least that’s what Giulietta Octavia believes, especially when she decided in her early 30s to become a mom— right in the middle of her education to become an acupuncturist, a lifelong goal.  And at eight and half months pregnant, Giulietta took her State Board Exams. “I felt like she was my lucky charm,” she explains.  “I sailed through the exams knowing I had a bigger project. I got the letter that I passed shortly after my daughter, Hazel, was born. It's kind of like my professional life and my life as a mother, started at the same time.”...