LEILA IN THE PRESS

Leila Simon Hayes in a green shirt stands at a table in a bright, creative studio, surrounded by art prints, books, and papers. This is where she designs her home decor.
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Leila loves to share about her creative process, changing course mid-career, running a fast-growing creative business, and the 100 day project that started it all.

Boston Globe Magazine featured Leila Simon Hayes handmade napkins in holiday gift guide

Boston Globe Magazine Holiday Gift Guide

Leila Simon Hayes
By Leila Simon Hayes
Home decor designer feature for artist Leila Simon Hayes in the publication Pattern Observer.

Pattern Observer

Leila Simon Hayes
By Leila Simon Hayes
Leila Simon Hayes' Murmuration Dinner Napkins Featured in Prime Real Estate Magazine for their Luxury Mother's Day Gift Guide

Prime Real Estate Magazine

By Venla Johnson
Women Owned Businesses Holiday Gift Guide featuring Leila Simon Hayes popular calendar

Lizz Spano's Women Owned Businesses Gift Guide

By Venla Johnson
Leila Simon Hayes' Cascade Dinner Napkins featured in Pride Journeys 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Pride Journeys Holiday Gift Guide

By Venla Johnson
Leila Simon Hayes interviewed on the Nocturnists podcast about art process

The Nocturnists Podcast

Leila Simon Hayes
By Leila Simon Hayes
Leila Simon Hayes interview on Podcast sbout Transforming Abstract Art into Energizing Homore Decor

How to Sell Your Stuff Podcast

By Venla Johnson
Canvas Rebel

Canvas Rebel

By Venla Johnson
Creative Mornings

Creative Mornings

By Venla Johnson
The practice of print with pattern designer Leila Simon Hayes on the Newspaper Club publication

Newspaper Club

By Venla Johnson
Leila Simon Hayes interview with Iridescent Ordinary about her art process and shop

Iridescent Ordinary

By Venla Johnson

FEATURE LEILA ON YOUR SHOW OR IN YOUR STORY

"Leila presents a really arresting selection of patterns. She has a bold, confident use of color and interesting, unique mark-making. It is really confident work."

—Janine Vangool, UPPERCASE Magazine

"Leila's journey invites us to reconsider our own relationship with uncertainty, and to ask: what happens when we stop demanding answers and start embracing the unknown?"

—Emily Silverman, The Nocturnists

Book titled 'The Creative Business Handbook' written by Alicia Puig and Ekaterina Popova, illustrated by Leila Simon Hayes

"Bespoke patterns with beautiful energy and layering, Leila is a master of color and form. It was a delight see the inspiration, process, and conceptual thinking behind her stunning work."

—Lizzie Vaughan, Chronicle Books

"We don’t need to be told what to see. We can be expanded by opportunities to let what we see evolve over time."