Rilla Alexander is born in Australia and now lives in Berlin: she is a member of the famous design and art collective Rinzen. Rinzen is best known for the collaborative approach of its five members and its work covers a wide-range of styles and techniques. The group's posters and album covers have been exhibited at the Louvre and their large scale artwork installed in Tokyo's Zero Gate and Copenhagen's Hotel Fox. They recently designed the inaugural issue of Paul Pope's Batman for DC Comics and graphics for a bicycle released by Japanese company, Bebike. In the meanwhile, Rilla is currently working on a children's book which she's writing and illustrating.

Could you please let us know more your background and career? Was it always your dream to pursue a career as a graphic designer?

I come from a family who is constantly dreaming up new projects and always making things. From the age of 4 I would dictate stories to my mother who would type them onto my drawings and bind them together as a book. As I grew up, the books became more and more lavish. I even made one which included a read-along tape complete with the "ting" to turn the page. It was very common for the whole family to work on things together: my mother sewing doll's clothes, my father making wooden doll's house furniture, and my sisters and I helping package everything for the local fete. I'd say it was inevitable that I would end up doing the kind of thing I do. In fact, nothing much has changed!