Posted on June 1, 2026
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Creativity in this world is the key to survival.”
— Jack Black in A Minecraft Movie
Inspiration of the week: Fujiwo Ishimoto
Fujiwo Ishimoto (b. 1941) is a Japan-born ceramic artist and textile designer, best known for the patterns he created for Marimekko. Ishimoto first encountered Maija Isola’s designs in Tokyo in the 1960s, and they made such a strong impression on him that he decided to travel to Finland to learn more about Marimekko and Finnish design. He began working at Marimekko in 1974. As a ceramic artist, he started at the Arabia Art Department in 1989.
Ishimoto draws inspiration from the surrounding nature and its phenomena. His restrained visual language is paired with lively surface textures and rich ornamentation. He has received numerous awards, including the Finnish State Award for Industrial Art, the Kaj Franck Design Prize, and Honorable mentions at the Finland Designs exhibition in 1983, 1989 and 1993. In 2011, he was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal. His ceramic and textile works have been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions, and he has also designed sets and costumes for opera productions.





Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Lynn Whipple
Peter Bankov is a man of many things. Founder and creative director of Design Depot — one of the leading design studios in Russia — that’s Bankov. Publisher and editor-in-chief of [Kak) — the first Russian magazine on graphic design — this is him as well. Winner of numerous awards in Italy, US, and Russia — that is also him. Artist whose art is in private collections and museums in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Finland — Bankov again.
He is all those things and more, but most of all Peter Bankov is the man of the poster. He is a true proponent of the art. He is almost addicted to posters. So much so that for the last 9 years, he has been keeping a creative diary of sorts — he literally makes a poster a day. This ever growing collection of artworks has now exploded into a treasure trove of over 1000 posters.






Posted on May 26, 2026
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Be kind to people. Not because they’re nice, but because you are.”
— Stephen Colbert
Inspiration of the week: Fragonard
The Perfumery: Parfumerie Fragonard (Est. 1926)The perfume house was founded in Grasse, France. The company was named to honor the town’s most famous artistic son, celebrating both the region’s historical elegance and the art of fragrance.
Modern Operations: Today, Maison Fragonard is run by three great-granddaughters of the founder (Agnès, Françoise, and Anne Costa). The company operates three factories, numerous boutiques, and multiple museums, and continues to produce high-quality fragrances, soaps, and cosmetics using traditional Provençal methods.
Founding: In 1926, a former Parisian notary named Eugène Fuchs bought an 18th-century tannery in Grasse and established his own perfumery. His vision was to pioneer direct sales to the tourists who were flocking to the French Riviera.
Expansion & Museums: Under Fuchs’s grandson, Jean-François Costa, the company expanded by opening locations in Èze and Paris. An avid art collector, Costa also launched several museums dedicated to perfume, clothing, and the painter Fragonard himself.






Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Peter Bankov
Peter Bankov is a man of many things. Founder and creative director of Design Depot — one of the leading design studios in Russia — that’s Bankov. Publisher and editor-in-chief of [Kak) — the first Russian magazine on graphic design — this is him as well. Winner of numerous awards in Italy, US, and Russia — that is also him. Artist whose art is in private collections and museums in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, and Finland — Bankov again.
He is all those things and more, but most of all Peter Bankov is the man of the poster. He is a true proponent of the art. He is almost addicted to posters. So much so that for the last 9 years, he has been keeping a creative diary of sorts — he literally makes a poster a day. This ever growing collection of artworks has now exploded into a treasure trove of over 1000 posters.





Posted on September 15, 2025
We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!
Here’s how it works:
We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:
Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy
Quote of the week…
“Don’t you love people that are like a weird little secret door? You are not meant to live like the others. You are meant to live like yourself.”
—Vincent Van Gogh
Inspirational Artist of the week: Hisui Sugiura
Sugiura (杉浦 非水, Sugiura Hisui, May 15, 1876 – August 18, 1965) was a Japanese graphic designer who was a pioneer of modern Japanese graphic design.
ca39a…He went to Europe to study modern graphic design from 1922 to 1924. Having returned to Japan, he formed “Hichininsha,” a group to study posters, in 1925. He designed the poster of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line opening to traffic in 1927. It can be said that his works during this period led the early stages of Japanese commercial design.
He became design department chief of Imperial School of Fine Arts (present Musashino Art University) in 1929. He is one of the founders of the Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakko (present Tama Art University) in 1935.




Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Luke Edward Hall
Luke Edward Hall is an English artist, designer and columnist. Luke’s philosophy is shaped by his love of storytelling and fantasy. His colourful work is often inspired by history, filtered through a lens of irreverent romanticism.
Luke established his studio in the autumn of 2015 and since then has continuously split his time working on a broad range of projects and across multiple disciplines. He exhibits his drawings and paintings internationally with Athens-based gallery The Breeder, and works as an interior designer, creating and art directing hotels, bars and restaurants. In 2020 Luke’s first large project opened in Paris: a thirty-eight-bedroom hotel and bistro in the city’s 10th arrondissement.
Luke is the Creative Director of Chateau Orlando, a new fashion and homewares brand, which he co-founded in 2022. Chateau Orlando is based between Milan and London, and manufactures its collections in the Veneto region of Italy.
Luke collaborates with a variety of companies and historic institutions, often creating limited edition collections of clothing, homewares and accessories. He produces porcelain and home fragrance ranges with Ginori 1735, a collection of interior fabrics with Rubelli, and furniture with The Lacquer Company. His previous clients include Burberry, Lanvin, Svenskt Tenn, Diptyque, Christie’s, Royal Academy of Arts, and the V&A.
In March 2019 Luke joined the Financial Times as a columnist in FT Weekend, answering readers’ questions on interior design and living well. Luke has authored three books: Greco Disco: The Art & Design of Luke Edward Hall, published by teNeues, A Kind of Magic: The Kaleidoscopic World of Luke Edward Hall, published by Vendome, and 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World, published by Penguin.



