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Mission

Help creators to create.

Simply.

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Vision

To inspire and help entrepreneurs create their dream products through collections of original and meaningful illustrations and surface patterns, as well as informative and/or inspiring documents.

Values

  • Creativity: Helping creators create and succeed through my own creativity.
 
  • Integrity: Creating with respect for my personal values and respect for my clients. Being honest in my actions and transactions.
 
  • Share: Share the passion for art and creation. Share knowledge, share profits.
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My cause

I strongly believe that by helping women, especially women entrepreneurs, we can help an entire village. That is why, each month, I invest 10% of my business income in micro-loans to women around the world who want to start or grow a business. To do this, I trust Kiva.org.

So far I have been able to make more than 300 micro-loans. As soon as the repayments arrive, I reinvest them in new loans.

A simple way to make a small difference starting with $25.

Visit Kiva.org


 

Have you ever had the impression
to be on your X?

This is the happiness I experience every day at work since I discovered surface pattern design.

I spent the first part of my professional life surrounded by books. Managing a school library to start with, then publishing books. I have always been interested in entrepreneurship. But life sometimes forces us to question everything. When my family had to move more than 4000 km away, I closed the publishing house.

I now had a lot more free time, so I resumed painting classes that I had abandoned 20 years earlier. Art, like books and entrepreneurship, had always been more or less a part of my life. So I started painting, getting involved in an art group, working in a gallery in Western Canada, then in California. Then, it was time to move again. Barely settled in our new city, the pandemic hit. My heart was not in painting.

So I took all the time I had to learn the basics of graphic design on the computer and… I discovered surface pattern design. I fell in love. I spent a year taking classes, experimenting with a ton of designs, learning as much as I could, creating multiple collections .

I had found something that reconciled my love of art, organization, and entrepreneurship. A world opened up before me. A whole world. There are so many possibilities with surface pattern design that it's very easy to get lost.

I needed a plan. I needed to get organized. And what does a librarian do when she needs information and organization? She looks for books to answer her questions, notebooks to get organized.

I didn’t find much. So, like the good old editor that I am, I created (and continue to do so) the tools I needed to feel in control, to make the right decisions for myself. Then I decided to share them with my peers.

Then a last, and very recent, move finally brought me back home, to Montreal. Since then, I feel on my X. Totally. What I do as a surface pattern designer is to combine my love of art and entrepreneurship. Then, the creation of my notebooks and downloadable tools fulfills my love for books and organization. I can now reconcile all the facets of my work in a single entity that resembles me and that I can put at the service of others.

What I like about publishing is the feeling of participating in the development of others, of my peers. The feeling of sharing what I know and also learning every day.

What I particularly like in Art is freedom. The freedom to create imperfect images like life, the freedom to choose colors according to the emotion of the moment, the freedom to express without words.

What I like about entrepreneurship is also the freedom. The freedom to choose my projects, to change my path, to be in control. I hope I can help you be in control of your business too.

If, like me, you want to organize your creative business, discover the tools that I offer you.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.


Manon Jodoin
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