What happens when four creative, passionate, eye candy-addicted wedding specialists get together and realise that what they have in common could fill pages of pages of a beautiful magazine? Why, they create a magazine of course! This is why Hannah, Kate, Jasmine and Judit, or "the Rougies" as they like to affectionately refer to themselves, combined their skills and founded {MAG}rouge.
Following countless discussions and brainstorming sessions at different venues around Auckland (always surrounded by good food and plenty of sweets) the girls came up with their magazine format and their {MAG}ifesto.
{MAG}rouge
- will provide inspiration on each and every page, right down to the tiniest detail
- created with a strong design aesthetic, is of unsurpassed and uncompromising quality
- remains true to what really matters: love
- is fun to read, and to produce
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Hannah's interest in photography dates back to her childhood when at an early age she became obsessed with discovering how the 3D world could be transferred to paper through a magic box. After completing a BFA at Elam she worked at various places like the BBC's Picture Publicity Dept and on the set of Harry Potter 6 in the photography department. In 2008 she returned home and joined forces with her one of her oldest, dearest and most visionary friends Jasmine, in the successful enterprise of Sutherland Kovach Studio. |
Kate has had her fair share of experimenting in different disciplines but a creative future seemed set in stone from an early age. Her indefatigable artistic talent continued to surface and when she returned to New Zealand after years travelling, she bought her first computer. Producing her own wedding invitation led to the opening of her business, Ruby & Willow Design Studio. Building on the immense success of her Magnolia Rouge blog, Kate as the editor in chief of {MAG}rouge is the key to the uncompomising aesthetic and inspiration of the magazine. |
After gaining qualifications in History Jasmine took up an IT career, though she never forgot her youthful dreams of winning amateur photo competitions. Finally she understood her true calling: photography and art. Having always had a combined passion for photography with her dear friend Hannah, from their days in the art room at high school, they founded Sutherland Kovach Studio, and the rest is history! Their mission is to create a beautiful sweet world through their images. Jasmine is also crazy about her small daughter and the domestic arts. |
Judit started her adult life as an economist and marketer in her home country of Hungary. After marrying and having two beautiful girls, she travelled the world, finally stopping at the farthest corner of it in a place called New Zealand. It was here where she finally realized that her best recipe for success would be her culinary skills, sweet tooth, art and craft and marketing talent, and went on to form her business, Artisan Cakes. She still delights clients worldwide, this time not with her incisive ad campaigns but delicious treats from her cake kitchen. |
