Justina Blakeney
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Artist and author Justina Blakeney is the founder and creative director of home decor brand Jungalow.
Blakeney's designs have been featured extensively online and in print. She has collaborated with iconic brands such as retailer Target and children's toy Barbie, as well as bathroom and kitchen brand Kohler and furniture company CB2.
Blakeney employs hand-drawn illustrations, watercolour paints and collages to create her prints. She draws inspiration from her travels, vintage textiles, and the vegetation in her native California.
The artist has been a featured speaker at engagements such as the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Design Bloggers Conference, Creative Mornings, Instagram's School of Hustle and South By Southwest.