Interview with fashion designer Lisa Steegmann, founder of GLYPH

by Lemon Tart

GLYPH is a Berlin-based fashion label, founded by the amazing Lisa Steegmann. Having designed their stage outfits, Lisa’s recently been touring around Europe with lez hip-hop artists Scream Club (interview with them coming soon). Lemon Tart caught up with Lisa post-gig…

What inspires your designs for GLYPH?

I get inspired by nature a lot, being outside… going to the forest or the sea always brings me good ideas.

How did you start GLYPH?

Having studied Fashion Design, I kept on working with my final project: GLYPH.
To graduate, I had to build an entire label: from clothes hangers to price tags – even a business plan. So I was well prepared and basically just had to keep on working on it.

Whereabouts in Berlin are you based?

GLYPH is based in Kreuzberg, Berlin at the moment, but I am about to open a new shop in Neukölln in the next month.

You’ve collaborated with both Scream Club and Planningtorock, for example. Does music inspire your designs a lot?

Music totally has a big influence on me: I listen to a lot of music, and I have a lot of friends that are musicians.
I love working with performers, I like the part of working together and combining lots of ideas into one project.
Any performer I work with usually already has her own idea of what’s going on, and I like the process of collecting ideas and getting inspiration from each other: I like the exchange. I enjoy it when things have a bigger vision behind it and a great concept.

What are your plans for the future with GLYPH?

One exciting thing will be the shop opening next month.
Also, I am working on a whole new design project together with Janine from Planningtorock, plus I will continue working with Scream Club.
…and i have a lot of artists that I love and want to make stage performance outfits for, for example Planningtorock, The Knife, Fever Ray, SIA, Robots in Disguise…

Which other fashion designers do you admire?

I love the work of Andrea Ayala and Isabelle Steeger.

If our readers want to buy some GLYPH threads how can they get in touch with you?

You can get in touch with me online via:

http://lisasteegmann.blogspot.com/
www.myspace.com/glyphdesign

and look for “glyphdesign” on facebook -just write me a message and get in touch.