Karin Åkesson is inspired by her Swedish heritage and wants to emphasize the vibrant and sunny things in life. She creates and sells prints of her beautiful art, homeware, and stationery all over the UK and Europe. Her clients include the British Heart Foundation,
The Guardian,
TheIndependent,
The Telegraph, Habitat, Saatchi and Saatchi, and Veuve Clicquot.
The Rainbow Snail is her first original children's book. Åkesson lives in East London, UK.