About the Author

Sonia Alcón studied Graphic Design at Central St Martins in London. Soon after she moved to Paris to work for Philippe Stark, doing illustration and product packaging design for a year. She came back to London to open a design studio called "Foreign Office" where she worked for 16 years as a director, creative, designer and illustrator for clients like BBC, MTV and Channel 4. She worked on film title-sequences including four of "Harry Potter" films, "The Queen" and "Mrs Henderson Presents". She also created and directed content for the film "Children of Men" and documentary "The Shock Doctrine" by Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein. She personally won a BAFTA for Best Short Film directing a Children Environmental Awareness short Film for Nickelodeon. Sonia presently works as a freelance designer and illustrator in London.