As Co-Founder, Benedikta von Karaisl is sharing the job of running BurdaStyle with Nora, making sure everything runs smoothly on all fronts. To her the most exciting aspect of BurdaStyle is to bring you the freshest patterns and designs, learnings and sewing news with the help of the incredible team.
Nora Abousteit co-founded and co-runs BurdaStyle. Besides conceptualizing and strategizing with Benedikta, she is especially delighted to spread the word about BurdaStyle and to reach everyone who’s interested in cooperating with or joining the BurdaStyle community.
Alden Davis is Marketing Coordinator here at BurdaStyle, but wears many hats. Except for the pattern production, there is nary an aspect of the site she isn’t a part of. A born and raised Brooklynite and total goofball, she sometimes moonlights as a Plus Size model.
Larisa Grinblat is our patternmaker and seamstress extraordinaire. With over 15 years experience, she has lots of tricks and know-how up her sleeves. Larisa has always loved working with Burda patterns and is very excited to be part of BurdaStyle’s production team.
Doryon Stanfield is BurdaStyle’s Accountant. She assists Nora and Benedikta with all things financial. She loves BurdaStyle’s modern take on pattern design/variation within the community and can’t help but peek over her computer monitor to see what the production team is coming up with next.
Hikaru Furuhashi is BurdaStyle’s graphic design ninja. She helps us visually communicate what we do and what we want to say. When you see tiles on the homepage and flyers at fairs, that’s her work. Hikaru is also an independent designer and creates as WonderWonder.
Alison Kelly works in editing/art directing at Burdastyle. She maintains the editorial calendar, constructs the “Editor’s Pick” column and writes the weekly blog “A Young Designer’s Diary” about her endeavors as an independent designer in New York city for her clothing line “Dahl”.
We are a friendly bunch using the web to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of designers, hobbyists, DIYers and anyone looking to sew.
BurdaStyle offers interested companies and organizations packages to reach its audience.
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