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Nicole Michels
Author/Illustrator/Designer
Nicole knew she wanted to be a "creative" at age 5 when she first saw adman Darrin Stephens on reruns of "Bewitched." When young, she drew Snoopy for hours on end, years later she graduated from Tyler School of Art with a degree in Graphic Design.
Nicole's illustrations, hand typography, and design work have appeared in national magazines and she is the co-owner of the design studio, Bird and Banner.
A lifelong lovers of beautiful and quirky picture books, she is currently working on writing and illustrating her own.
She is represented by Rosemary Stimola of Stimola Literary Studio.
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Selected Clients
Anthropologie
Urban Outfitters
Terrain
Martha Stewart Weddings
Wall Street Journal
Design*Sponge
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