Creative Lives: Malike Favre, artist and illustrator

For this week’s podcast, we visited artist and illustrator Malika Favre at her home studio in east London, where we talked agents, favourite clients and deadlines that range from four hours to two weeks.

From editorial to advertising, she’s worked for the likes of Vogue, BAFTA, Penguin Books and her favourite client: The New Yorker, for whom she’s just designed her fifth cover. Working to a fluctuating time scale that can range from a couple of hours for a last-minute cover, to two weeks for a pre-planned theme, it’s fair to say that she’s since mastered the art of working at lightning speed.

Originally from Paris, Malika grew up in a creative family, but her career started out on a distinctly different path – studying physics and maths. Soon realising it wasn’t for her, she went on to complete a BA in graphic design before moving to London. Ahead of her new show, ‘Le Crazy’ at the Outline Editions Gallery, we caught up with the Parisian-born, London-based illustrator to find out more about the journey that led her to set up on her own.

Lecture in Progress is an online resource that inspires and informs the next generation of creatives by providing practical advice and day-to-day insight into the industry. This podcast series features creatives sharing what they do and how they got to where they are.

This episode of Creative Lives was was presented by Indi Davies and the producer was Ivor Manly. Lecture in Progress is made possible by the support of a number of brand patrons – they include GF Smith, Squarespace and The Paul Smith Foundation. Check out lectureinprogress.com for more details.