“Cherie Carswell is a designer with personality to say the least. Locally designing for Westbeach for the past 3 years has kept her not only busy but connected to the Vancouver mountains and snowboard culture, a stretch away from her Northern Ontario roots. She has designed for local charities and continues to support and take part in Vancouver’s art, photography and music scenes. Her humor filled attitude and love for wine and off side jokes puts this girl on the top of many Vancouverites favorite people to “get into some trouble with” list. Here is a sneak peek at a few of her favorite things…..”

- Racheal Brick

The Proof

1. This is me at ISPO in Germany last year with some friends (photo: Andrew Fairclough)
2. Sneak peek of winter 10/11
3. Office mascot
4. Work area
5. The bane of my existence, the Petrina Block (where our studio is located, on Cordova and Cambie) has old heaters that screech and spit up for almost three minutes 45 times a day and is the most disruptive thing in my world other then Racheal Brick
6. The view from the front room of my apartment (note the KFC)
7. A skype message between my best friend and I, which pretty much sums up what I do at work all day…
8. Wine satchels were the past summer’s most coveted accessory

The Questions

What neighborhood do you live in?
Fraser and East Broadway (which I’ve playfully dubbed “little harlem”, only because the area reminds of my stay in Harlem this past fall, not because it’s scary or anything…)

What do you do and where?
I am the head designer at Westbeach

What are you working on?
Just starting Winter 11/12 design development

Where can we find your work?
West 4th Westbeach Shop (next to the old Westbeach shop, now called Showcase, very confusing story…), www.westbeach.com