Nina is a lovely illustrator, blessing us with a wonderful world of whimsical forest dwellers. If you haven’t seen her adorable hedgehogs, foxes, fawns, squirrels, and bunnies, you are missing out. A testament to that is 200.000 followers on Instagram.

We didn’t plan a field trip to San Jose this year. But it happened. We didn’t plan to have the time of our lives. But it happened. We didn’t plan to go home with a prestigious cube. But it happened!

Elizabeth is a surface pattern designer, who was largely influenced by the bold floral wallpaper, floral drapes, floral furniture in their 1970s apartment. The patterns she creates are delicate and playful.

Carlos wants to encourage us to explore Europe, enjoy the experience of meeting new people and new cultures. If you didn’t just book a flight, his illustrations in Lake will take you there.

Laura comes from the land down under and is Australia’s first representative on Lake. We're very fond of her beautiful collages, and we are not alone in this: more than 65.000 people on Instagram are nodding to this.

There’s a renowned children’s book author and illustrator among us! Her name is Katrin, and she describes herself as a list writer, pencil holder and organizer. Katrin’s style oozes personality, is inspired by folk art, and symmetrical.

Meet Laura. A girl who said YES! before we had anything but an idea. She believed in Lake’s cause, Lake’s vision and simply went with her gut feeling. We’re genuinely happy to have this gentle, kind soul onboard!

On 23 March, a week after our launch, we received the highest honour on the App Store: Lake has become Editors’ Choice app. Editor’s Choice is a badge for apps which have been chosen by the Apple editorial team acknowledging innovation, excellent quality or value.

The moment we have all been working for for the past 12 months is here. We are proudly introducing Lake, an iOS coloring app that serves as a marketplace for Instagram’s finest illustrators.