"Her vibrant 2D illustrations appear daily alongside the The New York Times' Strands Sidekick feature and have also featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Anorak Magazine. Celine made a post on Instagram showing items of clothing sold by Urban Revivo that appear to feature images heavily inspired by her own illustrations. Specifically, designers appeared to have taken liberal inspiration from the artist's illustrations of a heart and a bird with skeletons way back in 2021."
"The reworked versions appeared on items on the fashion retailer's site outside of their original context, which was intended as a reference to mental health issues. People were quick to rally behind Celine's complaint, inundating the comments on Urban Revivo's Instagram posts with demands for an explanation and calls for a boycott of the clothing brand, which has over 400 stores in China and Southeast Asia as well as shops in New York and London."
Celine Ka Wing Lau is a Hong Kong-born illustrator based in London whose vibrant 2D work appears in major publications. She posted on Instagram showing Urban Revivo clothing that featured images heavily inspired by her 2021 illustrations of a heart and a bird with skeletons. The original images referenced mental health, and the reworked designs appeared outside that context on the retailer's site. Social media users flooded Urban Revivo's Instagram comments with demands for explanation and calls for a boycott. Urban Revivo removed the relevant products, closed Instagram comments, and contacted Celine with a private offer to resolve the issue. Other artists reported similar experiences.
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