We’ve all had the same dreaded experience at the store: finding the perfect style of trousers in the completely wrong colour. Who’s designed these in neon yellow, and why? It might make you wish you had the ability to design your own fabric pattern. But how? Well, the good news is that you don’t need […]
1. You should do it alone BUSTED This is maybe one of the most important things that you should disregard immediately. Starting your own fashion brand is huge, and doing it alone just isn’t a good idea. You can, by all means, but you are most likely to find that not doing it alone, will […]
So, you’re most likely here because you desperately want to see a little ‘k’ (or if you’re ambitious, an ‘m’) to come after the number of followers on your Instagram profile. Who doesn’t? It is the dream after all. Having a larger following means more website views, more sales and more brand awareness. When you think back to how artists would traditionally need […]
Patterns have become all the rage recently. Gone are the days where classic patterns were reserved for curtains and carpets; now that ‘retro’ is one of the newest trends, what a time to be alive for those pattern designers out there. But how do you get set up to sell pattern designs online? Jump on […]
Do you wonder what jobs you can get with your art degree? It’s a question that’s boggled the minds of art students worldwide. How do I know what to do after my art degree? For art students, in particular, the question of what jobs you can get with an art degree can be a bit […]
Contrado Wants You Have you ever wondered where to sell art? Especially online. Promoting your brand has always been a struggle for the creatives among us, but it doesn’t have to be. Contrado was launched with the aim of creating a curated e-commerce space for UK and international artists and designers to sell their art online […]
You may have seen our blog post on Scanning Artwork to Print back in February. It was packed full of hints and tips on how to choose the right scanner, resolution and file format. But what if you already have a scanner, that prints in super-fantastic quality, yet only in A4, and you have the […]
Social media can be a big, sometimes daunting place, filled with the cacophony of a billion different voices. But you need to know how to cut through the social din and effectively use these platforms to grow your design business. Thanks to the emergence of visually led networks and snackable video content, social media marketing […]
At Contrado, we offer a number of services including white labelling. This is a phrase that tends to be thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? What is white label clothing? Put simply, it is a product which is produced, with no branding whatsoever. We would make the product and you, the […]
So, you’re an artist. You have a selection of outstanding work, and you’ve taken the time to design some awesome products with Contrado. Everyone that sees your offering is in awe, yet still, nobody seems to be finding it. So, how do you break the ‘starving artist’ cliché and answer the ‘how to get my […]