Madesquare – New From Hipstamatic ‘Founders’
Oooh this is exciting, my good friend at Hipstamatic, Molli Sullivan, Director of Marketing contacted me a few days ago to let me know about the new company she has launched with the Laura Buick, wife of Hipstamatic’s CEO – Lucas Buick. Madesquare is a new female-founded startup bringing thoughtfully-designed, finely-crafted square photo products and DIY inspiration to the same place people are snapping their photos their mobile phones. With MADESQUARE’s free iPhone app, people can transform their digital camera rolls into personalized, statement-making square photo products, conveniently ship items to themselves, friends and family, effortlessly discover DIY ideas to add a special touch to rooms, projects, and gifts, and easily share product and design inspiration on Pinterest, Facebook, email, and text.
“Thanks to smartphones, people are taking more awesome pictures than ever before, including us, and we’d often search endlessly for ideas to bring our memories to life,” said Laura Buick, Co-Founder and President, MADESQUARE. “With MADESQUARE, we’re bridging these two worlds unlike anywhere else. Now people can easily turn digital photos into beautifully-tangible products and discover clever design ideas in the same place we’re all taking and keeping photos our phones.”
MADESQUARE is launching with nearly 20 products, featuring square photos ranging in size from 2.5 x 2.5 inches to 30 x 30 inches. TheMADESQUARE do-it-yourself projects are designed to complement the product line, and serve as a launchpad for customers to tap into their own creativity.
“From our products to our DIYs to our app, we’ve created what we, as consumers, always wanted but found didn’t yet exist,” said Molli Sullivan, Co-Founder and Director of Marketing, MADESQUARE. “With MADESQUARE, we want to help inspire like-minded photo and design lovers to bring their most cherished digital memories into the physical world in new, captivating ways, and we can’t wait to create with them.”
To download the free app, go here
To view and order from their website, go here
The Team
From left to right Laura, Jill, Danielle and Molli
The Products
The App
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
One Comment
Carlos
Cute portrait of the four ladies. Congrats and much success with your new idea and product.