TIPTOE By Sonia Dubois
TIPTOE through an artist’s eyes—what does that look like?
Constantly on the lookout for inspiration, we gave artists carte blanche to make our pieces their own within their world. A way to bring two creative fields together and discover TIPTOE from a new perspective.
Inside Sonia Dubois’s world
Say hello to Sonia Dubois, illustrator, printmaker, designer, and owner of two adopted dogs – Benio and Iver! Franco-Polish and born in 1992, she lives in Poznan, Poland. Dive into her world, where adorable animals, warm, bright colors, and TIPTOE pieces come together in perfect harmony.
How would you describe your creative world?
Concerned about everything, eclectic, illustrated, bloody (I hurt my hands with scissors all the time), messy but not chaotic, and covered in dog hair all summer long.
And where do you draw your daily inspiration from?
Travel, friends, becoming one with nature, films, 20th-century sculptors, Henri Matisse, Constantino Nivola, Isamu Noguchi, William Mitchell, Picasso, and so many others! Architectural spaces and music too, mainly Justin Vernon.
How important is your interior to you? What does it say about you?
I move around a lot, and I don’t think of any place as ours forever. You can lose everything you’ve built in a second, as many Ukrainians are experiencing now. I can work anywhere I can bring my tablet, my computer, and my printing press.
photos: Milk and Sun
Why did you choose TIPTOE table legs?
I don’t often buy things, so my boyfriend and I eat on the old 1970s coffee table inherited from my grandmother Zosia (it’s quite low, you can barely fit your legs under it). We needed a real dining table to invite our friends to dinner at a sturdy, interesting and elegant table. So I ordered an oak tabletop from the local lumberjack and fell in love with these magnificent Rosemary green steel table legs. What I also like is that I can change them whenever I want, and I use them in my studio.
What is your vision of TIPTOE?
Universal, never boring, with many possible combinations.
A recent creative discovery to share with us?
The documentary My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, the independent documentary “Boylesque” about Europe’s oldest active drag queen, and Warpaint’s new album.
An address to share with all visitors to Poznań?
The Lazarus district is off the beaten track and will surely soon be the Kreuzberg of Poznań. You can start with the Palm House in Wilson Park, then go for pizza at Vege Pizza and drink the best coffee in the world at Café Vandal. And of course, admire the beautiful old buildings and the dogs out for a walk. Lots of dog lovers live here – and I’m one of them too!