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Fiona O'Brien

Fiona O'Brien is the captain and coach of The Team Colours. When she's not hollering motivational instructions from the sidelines, Fiona manages the Speakerdog Paper Toy project and the Buy Ben The Illustrator print and product store, working alongside Ben, who also happens to be her husband. Before moving to the UK in 2006, Fiona worked very successfully in the world of advertising, based in Melbourne, Australia and also managed her own wholefood cafe/gallery working with an abundance of local artists and musicians.

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The Team Colours Q&A!

1. What is your creative weapon of choice?

Notebook, pen, google, scissors, glue stick and Word! lame I know, but I have a secret love for creating tables and charts, and word can help feed this obsession. Oh yeah and I cant live without my newly acquired Mini-monsters multi coloured hi-lighters ahhh yeah...

2. What is your favourite sweater and why?

Hmmmm....well......Ben hasn't ordered it from KidRobot yet.. *ahem* nudge nudge wink wink.

3. What do you prefer, Summer or Winter colours?

Sounds strange coming from an Aussie but I love Winter colours....I find that the cloudy muted greys and blues only accentuate the beautiful vivid colours of nature, objects and architecture that we normally take for granted.

4. Who are your top 5 creative influences?

Martha Cooper is an awesome inspiration, I think she really captured the essence of the old school graf scene, go girls go! Bill Dunster an amazing Eco Architect, creating beautiful pieces of architecture whilst looking after our environment. Paul Arden, very talented advertising guru, full of words of wisdom. Arne Jacobsen, incredible Furniture designer waaaay ahead of his time! Abby Gee my lecturer while I was studying Music Business and Management. Amazing strong woman who owns her own record label and event company back in Melbourne, Australia. Great support to me.

 

 

 

5. Tea or coffee?

Tea and Coffee!! coffee first thing, then tea and lots of it!! preferrably a strong latte and then leaves in a pot and a strainer! hmmmm...put the kettle on!

6. When you were 13 what was your absolute favourite thing?

Well its probably a toss up between my hair brush that acted as my microphone as I danced infront of my mirror with my buddies and my lil dog "Chuck" that I taught to bodysurf in the wild seas of Perth!

7. C, M, Y or K?

Magenta all the way baby.

 

8. What is the most colourful place you have ever been?

Probably the green grocers nothing gets me going more than a beautifully presented fruit and veg stand, ahhh love it!

9. Top 5 musical influences...

Beastie Boys - all of it!

Beatles - need I say more.

Joni Mitchell - I would have killed to be a teenageer at Woodstock!

Stutter Rap by Morris Minor and the Majors ha!

Elf Tranzporter - old friend of mine from Melbourne, I feel incredibly lucky to know. An amazingly talented beat boxer/emcee with a soul of gold!

10. Favourite mode of transport and why?

Feets! gotta stop to smell the roses....although I'd also be ultra happy to travel the world in a VW Campervan aawww!

 
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