Morning Person: Meet Kyra
With our next CreativeMornings fast approaching, so we thought now would be a perfect time to take a moment to sit down and get to know a bit more about this month’s speaker. Meet Kyra Clarke!
Who are you?
Kyra Clarke, Founder, Design Director of Threaded Magazine & Threaded Media Ltd/ Multiple-hat-wearer/ Work-a-holic/ New-Mum-to-be.
What gets you up in the morning?
Fear of wasting hours stuck in Auckland western motorway system. I like to get in early, beat the rush & ringing phones!
But seriously, I feel really lucky - I do what I love, every single day. It isn’t a struggle to get up and go to work for me - as ‘work’ is enjoyable. Even when it is challenging and days are long. I see visual problem solving, communication and design as an intrinsic part of any creative person’s life. It’s not just something I ‘clock in’ from 9 to 5 to do.
When not at work I tend to over-committ with other creative outlets away from my screens. For example: painting, tattoo design, drawing, making, crafting and creating gifts and things for friends & family.
Explain Threaded in Five words or less.
Exciting, Challenging, Fufilling, My All.
What’s a surprising fact about you?
I make up people, name them, assign them roles and then get annoyed at them for not doing their job. Yet, I am a very serious person generally.
What is your favourite thing about Auckland?
Great coffee, markets, op-shops, cafes, galleries , creative going on’s, the west coast beaches.
Best breakfast you’ve ever had?
Buttermilk orange scented pancakes with mixed berry compote, vanilla bean syrup, mascarpone and bacon at Fuze Cafe, Te Atatu
Best piece of advice you’ve received?
'Dare to Fail', from Ian Wharton's talk at Semi-Permanent Auckland, May 03 2014
Who would you love to hear speak?
Tibor Kalman, Neville Brody, Audrey Kawasaki, Richard Branson
Secret Superpower?
Functioning on little to no sleep.
What truly makes a person free?
Not being scared to try new things, take risks, make mistakes and learn something from them.
Kyra will be speaking at CreativeMornings on Friday 23 May, hosted by Lot 23. Full details here. Tickets go live Monday 19 at 11am. Sign up to our newsletter to get a reminder email on Monday morning.
