Michelle Kent, the designer behind Suitcase Susie, is an Australian by birth, but now lives in London, UK.   She went to university as an adult studying Surface Design at University of the Arts, London.  Favourite travel experiences include helping monks with their English lesson at a university in Thailand, being a little poorly in a wonderful hotel in lovely Udaipur that meant she stayed there longer, and getting lost in the jungle in Borneo.  More recently, Costa Rica and Mexico have held her fascination, especially the wildlife. She hasn’t yet returned home to marry the boy next door…

‘I have always been intrigued by the world at large – different cultures, curious creatures, natural wonders – and this love of the exotic is what inspires me.  As a child I read a book where the main character had a home filled with bits and pieces he’d collected on his travels and it seemed the most wonderfully interesting place to me.’