About us
Pin It Creatives Inc. was founded in 2007. Our first products were for the stationery industry, working with artists from London and LA. Today we work with new and established artists from across the UK, US and Central Europe. We are expanding into fashion, retail and product design, publishing and designing bespoke ranges for retail organisations. Today’s retail world is a difficult one, and the pressure to create beautiful & individual... Read More
Recommended Reading
Pin It Books we like, by people we like Read for pleasure, for inspiration or just to look at the pretty pictures..its all good. Its all learning & growing. Just My Type: A Book About Fonts £6.89 Brand New Item, Fast Dispatch Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines) £29.74 Print & Pattern £12.76 Print & Pattern 2 £13.96 Bauhaus... Read More
Artist Profile: Belinda Chen
Pin It Belinda Chen is a freelance illustrator and printmaker based in London. Her passion for drawing and art began from a very early age. Growing up in a small family run ceramic factory in Taiwan. Belinda imagined the factory as a giant playground. It has inspired her to create from childhood striving to create dream-like utopia to be enjoyed by both children and adults of all ages. She is particularly fond of character design, collage, narrative... Read More
Artist profile: Talula Christian
Pin It I am Talula Christian and I am an Artist based in the greater Boston area. I have a B.F.A in Costume Design from Webster University’s Conservatory For The Theatrical Arts which I received in 2009. After graduation I moved to Chicago and spent 6 months working as the Design Intern for The Addams Family musical which opened on Broadway the following Spring. In the Fall of 2010 I moved to the Boston area and began working as a freelance... Read More
Artist Profile: Ria Dastidar
Pin It Ria Dastidar – aka Uberpup makes playful, surreal colorful illustrations often featuring her own character creations. The illustrations produced are chaotic in style and unrestrained. Influences include, satirical comedy, Indian textiles, and day-glo cartoon shows. Ria lives and works in London, producing illustrations for animation, textiles, print and licensing. Recent clients include British Airways, Aerial 7, Wikia, and The NHS. ... 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: 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: Carmen Mok
Pin It My name is Carmen Mok, a self-taught illustrator currently live in Niagara Falls, Canada. I landed my first commissioned assignment in 2008 and became a full-time illustrator in 2010. Since then my works have been published in different magazines across Canada and USA, and have published and sold over 100 of my designs as greetings cards to retailers from USA, Canada and UK . On top of my creative skill, my other skill such as Day Dreaming Meeting... 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: Jennifer Moules
Pin It Jen Moules graduated from the Arts University College at Bournemouth in July 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Textile Design, specialising in interior textiles, wallpaper and giftware. Originally from Somerset Jen now works from her studio in Dorset and draws inspiration from her surroundings. She has a passion for nature and wildlife which is reflected in both her textile design and illustrative work. Jen’s current portfolio of work exhibits... Read More
Artist Profile: Emma Pyrah
Pin It Designer and illustrator, Emma Pyrah has creates fun and unique illustrated products, using a range of media and techniques. As well as her own collection being sold through her online shop and other retail outlets Emma also works on illustration and pattern design commissions and is always looking for her next challenge. Since graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Decorative Arts she has continued to produce her new... 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: Angela Mayers
Pin It I am a freelance Illustrator and Pattern designer based in the midlands and have graduated, last year from Loughborough School of art and design. At the moment I draw a lot of my inspiration from an eclectic mix, including: copious amounts of tea and diet coke, nature, animals, textures, colours, fabrics in fashion, conversations, narrative, romantic notions (none mushy) funny people, nostalgia from my childhood, sugar, sweets and the usual... 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
CREATIVES INC: DIAL@PG LIVE 29-30 MAY 2012
Pin It Progressive Greetings Live, the only trade show dedicated to greeting cards will, for the first time at its 2012 show, incorporate ‘DIAL@PG Live’ – a section for Design, Image & Art Licensing companies. In addition, debuting at this fourth PG Live will be an Artists’ Quarter, where individual artists and designers will be able to showcase their work. CREATIVES INC will be showcasing their collective of artists work and invite... Read More
Leicestershire Calling!
Pin It Run by Kate Foster, the Wistow Gallery opens in March 2012 and showcases the best contemporary craft, art and design from the county. We have sourced an exciting, constantly changing and affordable range of ceramics, glass, jewellery, prints, paintings, wood, cards and paper crafts, textiles and much more, all created uniquely by very talented artists from Leicestershire and Rutland. Kate is happy to talk to new suppliers at any time of... Read More
New Designers 2011: Showcasing the very best in graduate design
Pin It This image by Laurie Woodruff caught our eye at the New Designers show in 2008...and lead to an award nominated card range in 2009 New Designers @ The Business Design Centre London Part 1: 29 June – 2 July 2011 – Textiles, Fashion & Accessories, Contemporary Applied Arts, Ceramics & Glass, Jewellery & Precious Metalwork, One Year On Part 2: 6 July – 9 July 2011 – Product Design, Furniture Design, Visual... Read More
