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I’m Saige Davies, an illustrator and creative director passionate about translating lifestyle stories into art and design. Growing up in rural New South Wales, I began painting large-scale murals that connected community, colour, and creativity — a foundation that continues to guide my practice today. Now based on the Gold Coast, my work is shaped by sunlight, texture, and tide — long beach walks, painting beneath the salt air, teaching art, and finding beauty in the quiet rhythm of everyday life. I specialise in creating illustrated prints and visual narratives that merge craft and storytelling — from painted motifs to styled editorials that explore how art lives within lifestyle. Each piece I create reflects a love for handmade process, natural tone, and refined simplicity, celebrating the balance between art, design, and living.
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Saige is a coastal lifestyle editorial that explores the relationship between art, design, and living through a tactile aesthetic lens. Inspired by the textures and tones of the Australian coastline, the project merges illustration, product and fashion styling to express the warmth, creativity, and ease of coastal culture.
preliminary concept features a curated display of scarves, sarongs, ceramics, and lifestyle imagery, each adorned hand-painted motifs of shells, seafood, tropical fruits, and coastal textures. Several fashion elements double as art including a sun hat constructed from paintbrushes — emphasising my identity as both an artist and illustrator. project presents more than a coastal editorial; it expresses my personal creative narrative, where art and design intertwine.
piece fuses artistic expression with functionality, embodying a modern, relaxed interpretation of Gold Coast living. imagery captures sunlight, texture, and movement, with handmade products styled in coastal scenes photographed my home’s pool and kitchen spaces. This approach reflects a harmony between art, lifestyle, and environment maintaining an editorial tone aligned with contemporary fashion media.
Conceptually, the project draws influence from Zimmermann’s artistry in resortwear and her fusion of print, fabric, and femininity (Zimmermann, 2023); the authentic storytelling and aspirational branding of Monday Swimwear, which merges and design (Monday Swimwear, 2024); and Donna Hay’s editorial vision, which celebrates simplicity and sensory experience through visual storytelling (Hay, 2022). Together, these references shape Salt and Saige as a distinctive exof Australian coastal design — where illustration, fashion, and craft coexist within a refined, sun-drenched narra-
References (2022). Donna Hay: Everyday Fresh. HarperCollins. Swimwear. (2024). Resort Lifestyle Campaign. Monday Swimwear Australia. Zimmermann. (2023). Resort Ready-to-Wear Collection. Zimmermann Australia.
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