THE PEOPLE BEHIND
THIS ISSUE REVEAL
THEIR HOT LISTSJANNA YOTTE
@jannayotte
The art director turned
collage artist creates pieces
that deal with human nature,
femininity and vulnerability,
and her work has been
published from New York to
The Netherlands. When she’s
not creating striking imagery
(like the art for our horoscope
guide on p155), she’s tending
to her bower of orchids.On my playlist:Charlotte
Cardin, Christian Löffler,
MorMor and loads of
podcasts.
On my reading list:
Mindsightby Daniel J. Siegel.
On my to-do list:A serious
closet clean-up, too many
dessert recipes and getting
that work/life balance.
On my wish list:A piece by
[sculptural taxidermy artist]
Polly Morgan, a vacation
somewhere warm and
inspiring, and some cute
and warm-enough-for-a-
Canadian-winter boots
(suggestions welcome).
On my bucket list:Many
feelings to amplify, many
fears to get rid of, many
connections to make.So
many places to travel and so
much food and drink to try!
On my blacklist:Rudeness.GRACE O’NEILL
@grceoneill
Our fashion features
director’s little black book of
celebrity interviews includes
Pamela Anderson, Kim
Cattrall and Alexa Chung.
She wrote our “How To Do
Summer” manual on p
and plans to spend her days
off sans phone, with a stack
of books at a beach house.On my playlist:
Hall & Oates, D’Angelo
and the Vanguard, Rhye,
Underworld and alot of
George Michael.
On my reading list:The Rules
Do Not Applyby Ariel Levy,
Personal Historyby
Katharine Graham and
Kitchen Confidential
by Anthony Bourdain.
On my to-do list:To get
my driver’s licence!
On my wish list:Vintage silk
shirts by Dries Van Noten- I have about 10 sitting in
my The RealReal basket.
On my bucket list:To try the
hot pastrami sandwich at
Langer’s Deli in LA – Nora
Ephron wrote an essay on it.
On my blacklist:Dogmatism - now is the time to engage
with ideas that challenge
your world view.
contributors
SARAH ELLISON
@sarahellisonstudio
A Byron Bay local, Ellison
multitasks as a furniture and
homewares designer and
interiors and fashion stylist.
She leant her simple, modern
aesthetic to our “Home On
The Range” shoot on p138.On my playlist:RUFUS,
Paul Kelly and Led Zeppelin
(they’re my four-year-old’s
favourite band).
On my reading list:At the
moment I’m readingTC- former pro-surfer Tom
Carroll’s autobiography.
On my to-do list:Start to
design a lighting collection.
On my wish list:Sparkly
Balenciaga slingbacks and
a Buds lamp by Foscarini.
On my bucket list:To show
my son as much of the world
as I possibly can.
On my blacklist:
Unnecessary plastic
packaging in supermarkets.
MICHELLE JAGER
The winner of our fiction
competition (“Ghost Child”,
published on p62) has
a PhD in creative writing from
the University of Adelaide
and is obsessed with
anti-heroines. She’s also
the ultimate “odd-job lady”,
working as a university tutor,
research assistant, pet-sitter,
court report editor, wedding
photographer, pharmacy
assistant and writer.On my playlist:Garbage,
The Jezabels, Beyoncé,
Nirvana, Kristin Hersh, Demis
Roussos and Johnny Cash.
I recently discovered
Montaigne and I’m hooked
on her song “For Your Love”.
On my reading list:Yoko
Ogawa’sThe Diving Pool
and Maxine Beneba
Clarke’sForeign Soil.
On my to-do list:Keep
a plant alive. I do not
have a good track record.
On my wish list:To publish
a novel. And to have a home
where I can keep a dog
— or many dogs.
On my bucket list:A road trip
around New Zealand.
On my blacklist:People
who chew gum on public
transport.Photography: Dave Wheeler; Alex Tran