Meet the lady who designs board games for a living...
’s regular column about the professional routines of successful women. Here, games designer Alexandra Llewellyn takes us through her one-day diary, from morning latte to lights-out.
Alexandra Llewellyn, 37, is a games designer and the founder of luxury bespoke games company Alexandra Llewellyn London. She lives in east London.At 6am. I try to avoid the temptation to check my emails and start work immediately, although that isn’t always possible. Once I’m up, I make myself a cup of tea and put on some music; I’m listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ albumat the moment. For breakfast, I might eat avocado on toast.
Running Alexandra Llewellyn London; we specialise in poker and backgammon, but clients can ask us for absolutely anything: a mahjong set, a chess set, all sorts. I’m responsible for every element of the design work, from understanding the materials and proportions to executing it.By launching the business making backgammon sets in 2010. I was working in product development at the time, so it was something I did in my evenings.
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