As a graphic designer and best-selling author, I have learned to design with words and imagery. I work with clients to create clarity, precision, and impactful design solutions.

I found my voice through my storytelling; wrote about what I knew, and released the floodgates.

Being a shy, quiet introvert, I didn’t think my stories mattered. I joined an oral storytelling workshop and once I started telling stories, I realized I could make people laugh, make people cry, and make people think deeper. Perhaps I had stories worth telling after all.

Laura Ballerini is a seasoned artist who has been running a thriving design boutique for over 20 years and now designs with words as well as imagery. With over 40 years in the design industry, Laura sees the influence that art and design have in our daily lives. Through her unique creative lens, she shares personal stories that illustrate the countless ways art and design affect all of us. Laura has a degree in Visual Communications from The Alberta University of the Arts (formerly the Alberta College of Art), and recipient of numerous awards throughout her career.

While she’s a quiet and introverted creative, Laura has recently found her inner badass and radiates her ‘quietly fierce’ disposition in her work and her life.

https://blubrown.com/

BOOKS

The Green Velvet Chair:

Perspective Shifter, Laura Ballerini, is author of ‘The Green Velvet Chair’—a collection of heartfelt stories depicting how art and design influence our lives.
Art is not only found in museums—it appears in music, food, nature and so much more. Laura believes we are all artists in our own unique way—often finding inspiration in the most unlikely places.

Ballerini is a seasoned artist with a degree in Visual Communications from The Alberta University of the Arts, and is a recipient of numerous awards throughout her 40+ year career.

Her design boutique, BluBrown Communications Inc., is named after her two daughters; one with blue eyes and one with brown—her mandate is to look at design through the fresh eyes of a child—always asking ‘why?’

While she’s an introverted creative, Laura is a proud Canadian who has recently found her inner badass and radiates her ‘quietly fierce’ disposition in her work and her life.

The Green Velvet Chair is Laura’s first book, now in its Second Edition.

https://www.amazon.com/author/laura_ballerini

Amazon: The Green Velvet Chair 2nd Edition

Expressive Arts: The Ultimate Creative Guide to Transforming Stress
Anthology lead by Jean Voice Dart

CHAPTER #11 – Laura Ballerini

This book invites you on a joyful journey from tension to transformation through the power of creative play. This collaborative book offers real-life stories, proven techniques, and artistic tools from global experts—therapists, teachers, and performers—who use expressive arts to heal and inspire. Whether you dance, paint, write, or play, this book shows you how to shift from stressed to blessed and rediscover your passion, purpose, and divine creative spark.

Amazon: Expressive Arts: The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Stress>

Expressive Arts: The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Stress Anthology Interview with Lead Author Jean Voice Dart: