Artist Profile: Lauren Hom

Pin It Lauren Hom is a designer and illustrator based in New York City. Some of her favorite things include: tiny paint brushes, tangerine nail polish and peanut butter straight from the jar. Born and raised in sunny Southern California, she spent her afternoons cluttering the sidewalk with chalk drawings of flowers, puppies, and other adorable crap. From the age of three, she knew she wanted to be some kind of artist. She moved to New York City... Read More

Artist Profile: Benjamin Youd

Pin It I like to present a slanted view on reality through the juxtaposition of odd elements and obscure colours. The craft of what I do is close to my heart, so I love to meticulously illustrate life through the medium of a pen. A continuous line is consistent throughout my work, and adds an often unpredictable dimension to the finished piece. ... Read More

Artist Profile: Sarah Fiorenza

Pin It I always loved writing , drawing and making things from a young age. I learnt how to sew from my mum who always made stuff for us growing up and took lots of  creative inspiration from her grandmother who was a keen crafter, writer and ceramic painter. I studied Silversmithing and jewellery and worked as a fashion jewellery designer before turning my hand to teaching and writing. I love creating patterns especially for the children’s... Read More

Artist Profile: Liselle Davis

Pin It Liselle is a surface designer who is based in East London, she often spends her time drawing, day dreaming and researching, her love for retro imagery, vintage patterns and beautiful objects has lead her to create a range of vibrant prints which have a simplistic and modern feel. After graduating from London College of Communication with a BA (Hons) in Illustration Liselle has created prints for leading UK high street companies and niche... Read More

Artist Profile: Andrea Willis

Pin It Born in Yorkshire;  and running her own store in Scarborough. Although Andrea’s work lends itself to a broad style of product in the home wares industry, she specialised in Handmade cards. Andrea made the leap into being published when Creatives Inc. walked into her shop and said ‘we want all of these’. A recent interview for progressive Greetings magazine she voices her inspiration; “I decided to create a very British look... Read More

Artist Profile: Ellen Giggenbach

Pin It Although I was born in Bavaria in Germany, I proudly call myself a New Zealander. I now live Eastbourne, a lovely seaside village close to our capital, Wellington. I have a wonderfully supportive husband (he puts up with my collection of mid century treasures) and 2 creative sons. During my late teens I was fortunate to study graphic Art in Vienna for 2 years, I then went on to receive a New Zealand Diploma with Distinction in Design. As... Read More

Artist Profile: Marcia Copeland

Pin It I am a San Francisco graphic designer, textile designer and illustrator with a love for creating colorful designs and patterns that pop! My styles range from retro modern, cutesy, floral, exotic and trendy. After many years of working as a graphic designer for a mostly corporate client base, I started designing retro modern greeting cards as a creative outlet. In 2003 I began selling my collection to Los Angeles and San Francisco boutiques.... Read More

Creatives Inc Studio Artwork

Pin It Creatives Inc not only works with great independent artists, we also design our own work inhouse for any project required. We have great ideas [we did Queen for a Day back in 2007], and continue to develop designs that are individually placed for your company. We can design for any medium, and are able to create complete lines for apparel to Kitchenware. We also buy in artwork to which we own the copyright and which we can reproduce for... Read More

Artist Profile: Laurie Woodruff

Pin It Laurie has worked with Creatives Inc. for the past few years, since she left University College Falmouth. She successfully produced a collection of stationery that was nominated for a Best New Range in the Henry awards in 2009, from a submission over over 16000 designs. Not bad for a first go at greetings cards, and based one design that we saw hanging on the wall at her end of year exhibition. Now based back in the chilly north of England,... Read More

Artist profile: Sarah Gooch

Pin It Sarah is a freelance illustrator who loves to draw and daydream. Her work is inspired by life in London – the streets, architecture, music, fashion and people.  Current obsessions include afternoon tea, handbags and old cinema buildings that have been converted into gig venues (currently mourning the loss of The Astoria, Tottenham Court Road). Sarah likes to work with collage and line drawing, building up images in a maze of... Read More

Artist Profile: Dee Raynor

Pin It Hi Im Dee! I’m a designer and illustrator based in Nottingham.  I enjoy working with traditional media, drawing and tinkering with Photoshop and Illustrator. Inspiration and interests vary from doodles, anything handmade or vintage, handwriting, photography, films, a variation of music, random conversation, Alison Carmichael, Orla Kiely, and people in general to coffee, and wandering. I’m now finishing the second year of my... Read More

Designersblock 2012 @ London Design Festival

Pin It Designersblock runs from the 20th through to the 23rd September 2012. Open daily from 10am to 7pm. The 15th annual Designersblock will take place with Southbank Centre during the London Design Festival over a series of amazing spaces including the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, some of which have never been seen by the public. This is the most high profile and prestigious venue we have ever used, attracting over 22 million... Read More

Welcome Retailers!

Pin It New Designers 2011 was a resounding success in terms of the connections we made with not only fantastic creative talent, but also to the Manufacturers & Retailers we met over the two weeks. It was a real pleasure to meet you all. We will be making contact with you over the coming weeks with regard to discussions we had. Also we have seen from our site Analytics, that some of you have been very interested in our web site, so please don’t... Read More

Wanna be in our gang?

Pin It We hope you like our new site and whilst we update it, feel free to contact us with your ideas for designs that you think will work on a mixture of products. We are being asked for fun, bright graphic images to work on T-Shirts, Tea Pots & Tea Towels…All the T’s! We pay artists royalties and take care of all client contact.  All we ask is that we have exclusive access to your work for the period of a contract.  You can... Read More

New Designs? Bring ‘em on

Pin It Crowded Teeth Prototype Mug Copyright Michelle Romo Alongside our brilliant stable of artists which Creatives Inc. has had the privilege to work alongside over the past few years, we are also looking at new collections for clients for 2011. If you think your designs have the potential to help our clients make the most of their business, we would like to hear from you. We get a lot of website submissions, but artwork presented simply works... Read More