About Dezine Design:
Overview of our Inspiration, Aims, & Principles

Our Inspiration

It may be difficult for people living in America and Europe to imagine that access to the internet is not easily available all over the world. The truth is that the majority of people on the planet still do not have access to the world wide web.
For example, in East Africa (Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya - where Dezine Design's founder grew up) - only 1.9 million people out of a total population of 100 million currently have access to the internet - that's less than 2% of the population! In other parts of the world, access to the internet is even less.

So imagine how many creative people there are out there, struggling for their craft, and yet unable to exploit the benefits of a global sales platform.

This is where Dezine Design comes in. We aim to seek and partner with diverse and talented artists, designers, writers & photographers from remote places around the world, and to represent them via this space, not only to help them promote and sell their work, but also to provide a one-stop research resource, so that if and when they do have access to the internet for short periods of time, they can find most of the information they need from a single source. We hope this one-stop resource will also help busy people who have access to the internet but can't find the time to trawl the web for answers!

To view the work of our talented Artists, Writers and Photographers straight away, please click here.

Our Aims

Dezine Design is not a charity - it is a commercial enterprise which aims to do good while doing business.

We have three principle goals:

to develop The Dezine Zone, an international hub of creative interest and enterprise, through which our participating Artists, Writers and Photographers can promote their work, exchange information, earn revenue and flourish.

to offer a dynamic and exciting online shopping experience in our Wild Web Stores, showcasing the best work of our participating artists, designers & photographers, and including Charity Shops supporting our chosen causes.

to host a vibrant and exciting platform called The Fun Side: an informative, interesting and entertaining place to browse, read, review, swap stories, pictures and opinions...you can even learn how to start your own creative endeavors, and get the kids involved in our regular art competitions (fabulous prizes to be won!).

Using this three-prong approach, we hope to inspire people - at whatever stage of life - to release their creative spirit. Our mantra is "Get Involved"...whether you are a professional or an aspiring artist, writer or photographer...or whether you simply enjoy viewing, reviewing, and collecting art, photography & good books...please join our vibrant creative community!

You'll never know unless you try!

Our Principles:
In business, as in life, we believe:

There is a creative spirit inside us all...

Creating something new is fun and deeply fulfilling...

Sharing our experiences can inspire others, broaden our creative community and enrich our own lives...

Creative kids are happy kids...happy kids engage with life, take an interest in their surroundings and are curious to learn...so they end up becoming intelligent, creative and interesting adults...

The best art and photography is that which people want to hang on their walls at home and look at every day...for us, it's about telling a story and creating a pleasant aesthetic and not about shock value...

No-one in the world is the ultimate creative authority on what's good and bad art, photography or writing... we believe it's all in the eye of the beholder: if it works for you, then that's all that matters!

As creative entrepeneurs, we will achieve more as a cohesive community than as small disparate entities: "Together we stand, divided we fall"...by clubbing together, we can make a greater impression and generate more interest in our work, thereby flourishing through mutual benefit.

A good deal is a deal which is good for everyone involved, and not just for one side. This philosophy governs our relationship with our participating Artists, Writers and Photographers, as well as with our customers and readers...

"We are all strands in the web of life: what we do the web, we do to ourselves"...the Natural World is a great inspiration and guiding spirit for us. We aim to give something back through our support for conservation organizations and other charities around the world.

Trade (not Aid) is the only way to alleviate poverty: we aim to help creative people in less prosperous parts of the world build a better life for themselves, not by doling out cash but by providing a global platform for them to promote & sell their work, thereby generating income with dignity and creating an enterprise of which they can be proud.