Justina Blakeney

Justina Blakeney is an American designer, artist, interior designer, writer, and speaker known for her "boho" aesthetic. She founded the houseware and home decoration brand Jungalow. Her first book, The New Bohemians: Cool and Collected Homes, was a New York Times bestseller.

Early life and education Blakeney grew up in Berkeley, California. Her mother is of Eastern European Jewish descent and her father is of African-American, Native American, Irish, and French descent. Blakeney was raised Jewish, and her father was a convert to Judaism. Her mother's family were Jewish immigrants to New Jersey at the turn of the century. Her family celebrated the Jewish holidays, including Hanukkah and Passover, and did not celebrate Christmas like some other secular Jewish families they knew. Blakeney states that this multi-ethnic background and California upbringing influenced her bohemian aesthetic.

She graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a B.A. in World Arts and Cultures. In her junior year of university, she went to Italy to study fashion and communication. She moved back to Italy after graduation, and enrolled in the fashion school Polimoda.

Career Blakeney named her design and lifestyle blog "Jungalow," a combination of jungle and bungalow.

Her designs for fashion retailer Moda Operandi, including portraits of fashion icons such as Grace Jones, were featured in Vogue magazine.

Speaking engagements Alt Summit Makers Summit AIGA Design Conference: Business + Entrepreneurship Design Bloggers Conference WITHIT Pinterests' Knit Con Creative Mornings

Personal life Blakeney lives with her husband and daughter in a 1926 bungalow located in the Frogtown neighborhood of Los Angeles.