Hey, we're Nico & Candy.
Author | Designer | Illustrator
We're a husband-and-wife creative duo originally from New Zealand and Hong Kong, but now living on a thickly forested hill in Victoria, Australia. We met in high school art class in the year 2000, the distant future, in Collaroy, Sydney.
Our designs have been stocked everywhere, from one-star-rated eBay sellers to fancy museums like MoMA, NYC. We have had work featured alongside some pretty famous brands, but we're most proud of being on wedding and birthday cakes. Oh, and read as someone's favourite book. That is just incredible!
We are the creators of Noferin, the Pecanpals and the Jibibuts. We are also the creators of Roobee Roo (11 books with Hachette), and the hilarious early reader graphic novel series, Archie & Reddie (as Candy James) (4 books with Razorbill and HarperCollins ANZ).
We love science, nature, art, good design and wonderful children’s books, including classics like Winnie-the-Pooh, Le Petit Nicolas and Moomin.
