Sisterhood Brother

Johanna Burai is a Swedish graphic designer and art director based between Stockholm and London

Pauline Le Pape is a French Type and Graphic designer based in Amsterdam

(PLP) I’m following the work of Johanna for a few years now, thanks to instagram. I’ve immediately loved her tone of voice, and admired the versatility and quality of her work. (JB) We are Instagram friends! I been a fan of Pauline’s type design work for years and always wanted to do a collaboration with her. So when Everpress reached out this was the perfect timing for me to ask her. 

(PLP) Johanna kindly asked me to collaborate with her. She came up with the idea of celebrating women graphic designers that we love and are an inspiration for us. We shared ideas and thoughts on how we could do this by mail, and it turned out to be a very smooth and successful process. (JB) I’ve had this idea about making a fan tee with graphic designers whose work I admire and presented the idea to Pauline and she liked it. The process was very fun and organic emailing each other back and forth with ideas until we both was pleased with the final print.  

(PLP) We want to invite everyone, women and men to celebrate women designers that are often marginalised, yet very talented. We designed a world tour fan tee starring a non-exhaustive list of the designers we admire. We are aiming to make the list grow in the future! (JB) Pauline’s answer is right on point. Support your local graphic designer! This tee is promoting women from all over the world. 

(PLP) Through my practice I see collaboration as a way to join forces, question my process and habits, and eventually make a greater, enhanced project. On a wider perspective, these last weeks showed us how much we need to establish more solidarity and collaborative efforts to change our societies effectively. (JB) In most of my projects I work alone, only with a client to bounce of ideas with. But that relationship is never equal. The client always has the last say in terms of the final design. I am a strong believer of the old saying ‘ two heads are better than one’ and if you find an equal collaborator magic can really happen. You create new processes, widen your perspectives and ultimately grow within your own practice. It’s a win win win situation.