I like to mix modern design with brutalist and vintage pieces Though at first glance one might take Isis for a Paris native, she was actually born and raised on the Spanish island of Ibiza, and first moved to Paris as a young adult to study literature and film. “I was brought up in a very strong counterculture by my artist parents – it was the 1970’s and we lived in a small hippie community,” Isis tells us. Being raised by artists, one could say that creativity is a part of Isis’ DNA, but they weren’t the only ones who sparked her initial interest in design: “My uncle, who is only ten years older than me, worked at YSL in the early 90’s. He imparted a lot of his design taste to me, and I still love the aesthetics from that period.” After finishing her studies, Isis worked as a publishing assistant and later, as a television presenter on various children’s shows. For 13 years, she worked both on and off
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camera, producing segments as well as hosting them. When Isis eventually began the journey with MilK in 2003, it was a fusion of her many talents and experiences: her education in literature, her experience in children’s entertainment, her time in publishing and not least her experiences as a mother. Her objective? To offer a modern journey into the world of childhood, or as she so succinctly puts it, “to depict the art of family living.” Today, an edition of MilK Magazine is filled with the latest in sustainable microfashion, children’s interiors and family-friendly travel destinations, as well as articles that profile contemplative, weighty issues affecting modern day families, such as raising a child with disabilities, mindfulness for all ages and the influence of technology on a child’s cognitive development. Published quarterly
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