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Photography: Alec Hemer

It's always great when you are searching a site and you see a surprise image you styled. Last year (Or perhaps even the year before) Studio Marcus Hay did a series of images for CB2 and at the time we knew they would be used for promo use, however we really did not know where they would end up exactly. 

I was reading the CB2 blog when I noticed the header was one such image. Flashbacks came to me of drawing on a chalkboard wall the words EAT! This was quite a big set up with a long table and featuring an impromptu chandelier I made using several individual brightly colored pendant light bulbs. 

Look out soon for Holiday, 2013 Gift Guide styled by Studio Marcus Hay. 

CB2 Holiday Cover

Photography: Alec Hemer

Imagine my excitement when I received the latest CB2 Catalog in the mail and there it was a cover I had conceived way back in July. The idea had come to me while on the CB2 Catalog shoot, we had a last day of cover tries and had tried many options that day. I was looking at some of the product from afar and noticed how they kind of resembled small buildings. 


CB2 for the holidays have the cutest little chair decorations, They became the springboard to creating a city, I used chalkboard paint for the surface and background, drew a moon and stars, We wanted to give the feeling it was snowing in the city so we sifted fake snow from above as it rained down upon our city made with wrapped buildings and CB2 product, It was so much fun to create and I am so pleased they picked it for one of the 2012 holiday covers!   


You can see more product and shots at www.cb2.com


Photographer Alec Hemer shot this great cover, you can see his other work at www.triciajoyce.com

Tis is the Season at CB2

The Cover

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

Photography: Alec Hemer

I am currently back in the Windy City, Chicago on another CB2 Catalog for Spring but timing wise the Holiday Catalog I worked on back in July has just come out! This is my first CB2 Catalog so it is very exciting! Our section shown here shot by the very talented Photographer Alec Hemer, you can see his other work at www.triciajoyce.com. Alec and I have worked together before on other projects.

As mentioned before Christmas (or the Holiday’s as it’s called in the U.S) is a big part of the year when it comes to a Stylist. Sometimes, depending on the bookings, it can feel like at least 6 months of the year if doing back-to-back Holiday themed shoots. CB2 is a refreshing take as the approach is contemporary and clever, not too many cliques or expected ways of seeing this theme, so as a Stylist, this is both more challenging but also more liberating.

The color palette for CB2 is always largely bright, although in this catalog we did slip into a darker place palette wise in some set-ups, all these pictures are sets that have been carefully designed and constructed by the talented team at the studio. Working through ideas, The sets are inspired with the thought of keeping each space contemporary, often loft like and urban. CB2 do a mix of location and studio, but for our section this time it was in the studio.

Look out for more Holiday themed shoots here in the near future! After all “Tis is the Season!”