CREATIVES INC @ NEW DESIGNERS
Pin It Creatives will be one of the companies on hand at New Designers Part I & II, advising on portfolio presentation. Looking forward to meeting the future faces of creativity. We will be there on Friday 29th June between 1 and 6pm, and FRIDAY 6th JULY between 1 and 6 pm supporting ARTSTHREAD – The website supporting Art & Design Graduates, free to upload your portfolio. DO IT NOW!! New Designers 2011 – Press Quotes: New... Read More
Artist Profile: Calico Melton
Pin It Since graduating in 2010, Calico has gained a commercial awareness whilst still balancing a creative and sensitive approach to her intricate illustrations. Inspired by childrens books, in composition as well as image, Calico builds images in a way that combines analogue and digital techniques. But in short: Colour, compostition, and cuteness is what really counts. ... 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: Helen Marsden
Pin It Helen Marsden is a freelance Illustrator/designer who lives by the sea in the wonderful Hastings’ old town. Her youthful style, often inspired by childhood and the garden, features cute, stylised, character motifs and surface patterns. She loves to explore current design trends and experiment with new ideas. Helen creates vector graphic images with adobe illustrator that are ideal for cards, gift wrap, stationery and textiles. ... 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: Sam Downend
Pin It Nice to meet you, My name is Sam and I draw paint and occasionally make things. I graduated from Bath School of Art and Design in 2010, and ever since I have continued to fill sketchbooks with paint and pen. After leaving university I moved from house to house and am now based in sunny Wales. I love colourful, strong, simple imagery, inky splodges and mistakes. I draw inspiration from every and anything, whether it be the people I meet places... 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: Rachel Gresham
Pin It I am based in Nashville, Tennessee, and create patterns for homewares, stationery, and interiors. I have a background in Fine art, my experience is in painting and printmaking. In 2011, I shifted my focus to design, and am now happily creating new work into the wee hours of most any morning. I love to create bold, vibrant images inspired by the great outdoors, old children’s books, and a good cup of coffee. I love collaborating and... 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
Artist profile: Craig Kendall
Pin It Based in Manchester, England since graduating from The University of Central Lancashire. I live with my partner of eleven years and our mischievous Italian Greyhound puppy just outside of the City Centre. My passion (and the reason for my continued sanity) is the creation of surface pattern and decorative imagery for interiors, greetings, gift-wrap, textiles etc. Art, history and culture fascinate me and I’ve been lucky enough to experience... Read More
Artist Profile: Amy Mingkwan
Pin It Amy Mingkwan is a Print Textiles and Surface Pattern Designer, currently based in the lovely landscape of Cambridgeshire. Recently graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with First Class Honours in BA (Hons) Textiles, Amy is eager to set foot in to the Textiles industry, creating lively and quirky print design for cards, furnishing fabrics, crockery as well as fashion prints. Inspired by designers and companies such as Anthropologie,... Read More
Artist Profile: Hannah Latham
Pin It Hannah is a designer currently based in Manchester, having graduated from The University of Huddersfield with a BA(Hons) in Textile Design in 2010. During her degree she focused on printed design, both screen and digital, with hand embellishment. Since leaving university and cannon-balling into the deep blue sea of design, Hannah has begun to diversify within her exploration of print, producing designs for greetings cards, for instance,... Read More
Artist Profile: Amandine Noyé
Pin It I’m a French born illustrator and printmaker with a background of fashion design based in London. I was raised in the lovely Champagne region in France before moving to Paris for my studies in art and fashion. I’m a very curious person, my inspiration can come from everything as I pay attention to all the details around me. I even used to see prints where there is none. So the nature and my world travels are also an infinite... Read More
Artist profile: Marie Perkins
Pin It Marie Perkins studied Graphic Design and Illustration before going into hand painted ceramics, and then later textile design. In 2006 Marie created the blog ‘Print & Pattern’ and has since published a book of the same name. It was this success and a love of greetings cards, stationery, and paper goods that led her to leave her full-time textile design job and take the plunge to go freelance under the name ‘inkjet designs’. She... Read More
Artist profile: Tamara Csengeri
Pin It I am Illustrator based in Amsterdam. I graduated from “Shenkar” school of design in 2002 and took additional courses in textile design and art at Parson Paris Beaux Art. Since then, I’ve been working as a graphic and textile designer with a strong focus on newborn and children’s clothing as well as stationery, greeting cards and paper goods. Recently I have setup a small business specializing in wall decorations... Read More
Artist Profile: Millie Ashworth Hughes
Pin It I have a particular interest in the area of printmaking and collage, particularly mono-printing and lino-printing. I feel I am best suited to surface design, and even in other areas of the art and design world such as fashion, interior design or even packaging. I have always sought to further my skills as a designer and I feel very passionate about all things in the field of art and design whether it be keeping up to date on the latest... 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
