Surtex 2018 Portfolio // Senn & Sons

ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN B Y K I M B E R LY S E N N sennandsons.com

ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN B Y K I M B E R LY S E N N sennandsons.com

ABOUT

Senn & Sons is a creative studio founded by Kimberly Senn, an illustrator and designer passionate about colorful, hand-drawn prints and patterns. A lifelong creator, doodler and tinkerer originally from Wisconsin, Kimberly spent her 20s roaming the world working in advertising, a career that took her from Minnesota to NYC, where she met her husband, then London and finally San Francisco, where her two sons were born.

Shortly after her second son was born, Kimberly and her husband Marty settled in Minneapolis to return to their Midwestern roots.

With her relentless creative spirit not dampened by adulthood, Kimberly refocused her creative energy to painting the instant her first son started napping. Foregoing acceptance to graduate design programs at Parsons and FIDM to attempt a path of creative entrepreneurship, she officially founded Senn & Sons in San Francisco in 2011.

After finding a supportive audience for her original art, fine art prints, personalized wall hangings and baby products, Kimberly began her partnership with Blue Sky to bring a line of planners and calendars to Target stores nationwide. They continue to create new, colorful collections of dated products for Target and other major retailers.

Specializing in creating surface and pattern designs, children’s products and paper goods, Kimberly finds inspiration in the small details of family life, the adventures that come with having energetic little ones, and the occasional quiet moments in between.