With the Oscars fast-approaching you’re bound to see some fabulous outfits hitting the red carpet. Stunning gowns, dapper suits and glamour from head to toe. Even if you’re not one of the lucky ones with an invite to the most prestigious award show in town, you can still look the part with the perfect suit. […]
We express ourselves in so many different ways, from makeup and hair styles to tattoos and music preferences. Fashion, however, offers a different kind of empowerment in that the creative opportunities are limitless. Want to wear clashing colours, textures and patterns? Do it. Want to create a fusion between vintage and modern trends? Go for it. Though […]
“From exploring new technologies and the greater galaxy, to artistic expression and spiritual reflection, intuitive ultra violet lights the way to what is yet to come.” This innovative and evocative sentence perfectly sums up why Ultra Violet is such a fantastic choice for Pantone Colour of the Year 2018. The official name of this shade […]
From surface pattern designers and tattoo artists, to surrealists and textile designers, our crew of Contrado Creatives is growing every day. When we set out to create our marketplace, we had no idea that we would be inundated with such an incredible array of talented creatives. The marketplace was originally developed to give independent artists […]
Anni Albers is regarded as one of the best-known textile artists of the 20th century. She was essential in the development of contemporary textile art. Born Annelise Fleischmann, Anni Albers was of Jewish descent and lived in Berlin. Despite living conditions for art students being incredibly poor, Anni decided to attend Bauhaus to follow her […]
Welcome to our 8th edition of our meet the Contrado artists series. We are constantly amazed at the incredible talent that we meet every day. The artists who make up our designer platform are growing in numbers, and fill our marketplace with rich diversity and artistic visions. Since launching the Contrado Creatives earlier in the […]
Whether you have embraced the unicorn trend or fled from it, one thing is for certain…unicorns are going nowhere! Especially if our Instagram feeds are anything to go by. What is the unicorn trend? From Starbuck’s infamous Unicorn Frappuccino, to the thousands of unicorn make up tutorials flooding YouTube, knowing how to be a unicorn […]
The artist Svetlana Petrova (who has recently joined Contrado community) is the artist behind the infamous Fat Cat Art. She has taken her love of cats to the next level – by adding her ginger tabby Zarathustra (yes, that’s the actual name of her cat) to some of the world’s greatest artworks. Svetlana then went […]
Do you want to discover new and exciting artistic talent? The Contrado online artists are here, ready to shake up your world with incredible creativity and must-have products. When we launched the market place, the Contrado online artists were few but fabulous. Fast forward a few months and the platform has grown from strength to […]
At Contrado we love combining art and design with fashion and textiles to produce unique products, created through our processes of digital printing, sewing and embroidering. Together with our talented artists we bring creativity and design work to traditional fabrics and textiles, making new and exciting pieces through our use of materials. Artist Joan Miró […]