On the 11 of February the world lost a visionary — fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen. Truly truly sad. We are in need of more people like Mr McQueen, not less.
I had a pleasure to work for him while being part of the small team at POKE who designed and build the previous incarnation of www.alexandermcqueen.com. The project ended up winning several awards, including a BAFTA for best design. I like to believe that the magic ingredients in the project was that we adopted his extreme attention to details.
To me Lee Alexander McQueen was a source of inspiration. Someone who made his own path. Paved his own road. Took no shortcuts. He also managed to find a healthy balance of being both artist and designer. Which, sadly, isn’t the easiest thing to pull off.