Today’s conversation is with Nike Onile, an interior and spatial designer based in Toronto. Back in 2017, we connected through Instagram. During that time, Nike was running her design agency 800 square feet, and The apartment, which allowed customers to shop every single thing in that apartment. From the bed linens to the clothes hanging in the closet. It was a big hit. Nike not only gained tons of press, but also lots of industry recognition. But the thing is the business was running faster than she could keep up with. And behind all the glamour and rainbow, Nike felt incredibly unfulfilled. 

In the end, she decided to let it go and went into a long period of what she called it “creative hibernation”. And Nike is now back on the grid. Just rebranded her business to a brand new concept, ODE studio, which allows her to sink her teeth into multi-disciplinary design. She is a regular design expert on CityLine, and has been featured by House and Home, NUVO magazine and most recently, Refinery 29. In this conversation, we talked about the importance of seeing creative endeavours as seasons. There are winters, and there are summers. Creative wintering is more important than we give it credit for. We talked about identity. We talked about how dancing with our own darkness is just as crucial as embracing our light. We chatted about cancelling the outside noise. We laughed a lot. I even shedded a few tears. Not sure it was because Nike was THAT amazing, or because of the hormone in me as a breastfeeding mother. Or the combination of both. But either way, I enjoyed our conversation so so much.

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