You may have seen his whimsical meets eclectically and texturally rich spaces featured in SFC&G, INTERIORS Magazine or the latest issue of "X". Maybe you have attended a killer NWBLK party and met him sipping on a basil mojito from a hand crafted Len Carella mug and Brazilian island jazz playing in the background. Perhaps your curiosity is particularly high and you are looking to become familiar.

We sat down NWBLK founder and creative director Steven Miller for a brief moment, covering an array of questions across the design board.

Q. Tell us the story behind the NWBLK. How did it start?

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Q. Where did "The New Black" name come from and how did the acronym come about?

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Q. What are you currently feeling inspired by? Colors, textures, places, time periods...

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Q. If you could choose 1 well-known (or not so unknown) person within the last decade or today to be the brand ambassador, who would it be + why?

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT // FEBRUARY JAMES

FEBRUARY JAMES IS AN ACCIDENTAL ARTIST, ILLUSTRATOR AND GREY MATTER ENTHUSIAST.

As an autodidact artist working primarily in oil pastels, February James often employs bold colours and emotive simulacrum as it relates to self.  Her stimulus to paint is derived from everything that she encounters.  

February James is attracted to the lost people of life.  'I come to them rather intuitively and they wash past me in much the same way – feeding on one another’s needs – people collecting people.  Then somehow I find them in my paintings and instinctively move through mediums.  So in a way my work is an ongoing body of self-exploration.  Painting all the things I’m running away from and all the things I’m hoping to become.’

Current work relates to previous work; with each piece of art constantly exploring and challenging itself. James believes that life is about change, this being reflected in her work,  as it is constantly evolving, persistently growing and unfolding. Through her art, she hopes to bring about order in the midst of chaos, change in the stagnation of growth and growth in the yielding of change.

February James x Puma x Saint Heron - 2015

Creative Direction - Solange Knowles