about
meet AMY
(founder of the joy eclectic)
THINGS I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT
6Music - soundtracks quite a lot of my life and my two daughters also love a little kitchen jam to it.
Cheese & Jam sandwiches - apparently not as common as I thought but highly recommend this combo from my Northern roots.
A good fiction book - life feels better when I’m in the middle of a good one. I have to read every night to get to sleep, even if it’s just 2 pages…
Yoga - I can’t do any fancy moves (headstands and the like) but love incorporating a bit of stretching and breathing into every week no matter what I’ve got on to feel grounded and calm.
A dancefloor with pals - OK these occasions are fewer and farer between especially since I’ve had kids but there is no better place to be.
SONG GUARANTEED TO GET ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR
I Feel For You by Chaka Khan
SONG GUARANTEED TO MAKE ME CRY
Freefallin’ by Tom Petty or First Days of Spring by Noah and The Whale
CHILDHOOD FILM I’VE WATCHED THE MOST
The Burbs, Wayne’s World
FAVE CURRENT FILM DIRECTOR
Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness, Force Majeure)
FAVE BOOK IN A WHILE
Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason
“I’m a big old magpie, I love collecting images and ideas wherever I find them and squirrelling them away for collaborating with others. I’m constantly picking up inspiration and references even when I’m not working. It’s a gift and a curse 😂
Having been immersed in art and design from an early age and then diving deep into events and immersive theatre in my twenties, The Joy Eclectic is the business I was always going to start.”
5 FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW…
THE TWIN PEAKS-INSPIRED EVENT I DESIGNED HAS BEEN FEATURED IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS INCLUDING: VOGUE, TIME OUT, THE TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, STYLIST MAG AND MORE
I ONCE WORKED WITH A BUILDING COMPANY TO DESIGN AN ENTIRE VICTORIAN HOUSE IN LEWISHAM
I HAVE BEEN AN ARTIST FOR 15 YEARS. CHECK OUT AMY-LORD.COM FOR MY ACTIVIST, LIVE ART WORK.
I MOVED TO LONDON WHEN I WAS 21 BUT GREW UP IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND REGULARLY GO BACK TO GET SOME FRESH-NESS AND FAMILY TIME
ONE OF MY LONG TERM DREAMS IS TO HAVE A PHYSICAL SPACE…NOT SURE WHERE BUT I’VE ALREADY GOT IDEAS …
