Proof that your creative zing can be a real occupation

Michelle Vandermeer is a Sydney-based designer whose work encompasses graphic design, photography, art, product design, and book design/binding.
Michelle has completed two degrees, a Bachelor of Built Environment majoring in Architecture (QUT), and a Bachelor of Design majoring in Graphic Design (Griffith University Qld College of Art).
Since graduating in 2004, she has travelled extensively, including a recent move to Sydney, where she now works part-time as a design director in a Surry Hills studio whilst also managing her own freelance design practice. Michelle has also created a range of handmade jewellery/stationery wares that are sold online, at markets, and in retail stores around Australia.
She spends all her free time photographing, making zines, binding books, painting, illustrating, sewing, and just generally designing and making things.