Babba C Rivera and Sophie Bille Brahe are sharing snapshots from their lives and creative spaces to mark the launch of Oak Volume 9.

Swedish-born, New York-based, Babba C Rivera is a marketing guru and style icon who put ride-sharing giant, Uber on the map in Sweden; appeared on the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2016 and founded her own brand marketing agency, bybabba. Rivera’s agency works with forward-thinking, fashion, tech and wellness related brands such as ATP Atelier, Glossier and Suistudio, amongst many others.

Jewellery designer Sophie Bille Brahe was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She began making jewellery as a child in a small workshop built for her to explore her passion by her alternative-bohemian school. Sophie trained with master-jewellers in Copenhagen before studying fine jewellery design at the Royal College of Art in London. Encouraged by fashion insiders she founded her label in 2011. At her studio within a converted schoolhouse in Copenhagen jewellery is made by hand using centuries-old goldsmith techniques.

Read Oak’s exclusive features on Babba C Rivera and Sophie Bille Brahe in Volume 9. Visit Oak’s Instagram @oakthenordicjournal to see more, and follow Babba C Rivera @babba.c, and Sophie Bille Brahe @sophiebillebraheltd.

This is part of a project with The Nordics – an initiative exploring the global resonance of the Nordic region. In the upcoming weeks, Oak will continue to host visual dialogues between leading Nordic creatives featured in Oak Volume 9, as well as bringing together key thinkers for inspiring panel discussions that will continue to live on as podcasts.