Nathalie Lete’s creativity is a force to be reckoned with. Based in Paris, her creations vary from children’s books, knitted and stuffed toys, and glass pictures to patterned dishes, ceramic sculptures, t-shirts, rugs, and jewels. In other words: she does it all.
With a passion for traveling and a love of vintage toys and old engravings, her illustrated work has the kind of naive appeal that sparks joy in both children and adults. “I design and some products suit kids, but it is not my first goal,” admitted Lete in an interview with the Little Citizens Boutique blog. She explains that her work process is exactly the same no matter her audience.
“I don’t really know who my buyers are, because I sell only some few products by myself,” she went on to explains, “but I know that Tim Burton bought one of my rugs, also the boss of Laduree has one in his office and Charlotte Gainsbourg has also one rug.”
With her work making quite the splash, both online and offline, Lete has no shortage of admirers. “I feel glad and happy to be able to inspire kids,” she says. “I was myself very inspired by a couple of women I knew when I was a kid, and I wanted to be like them… so it is very important to be inspired by someone and to have a goal.”
We highly recommend you follow her creative endeavors via Instagram.
