Imagekind was conceived and developed internally by Curious Office. Kelly Smith led the creation of the business plan as well as the design and development of the product. Today, Imagekind is one of the fastest growing online art commerce sites on the web. Imagekind is both a thrive, high traffic community as well an e-commerce platform that manages all aspects of production and processing for our product line.
Imagekind pioneered the concept of a print-on-demand art marketplace where artists set their own prices and consumers come to discover unique and original artwork from all over the world. Curious Office Partner Adrian Hanauer contributed over twenty years experience in the art and framing business, having developed one of the largest independently owned art framing retail establishments in the United States (60 stores).
Other investors include:
- Crosslink Capital, investors in TiVo, Omniture and Pandora
- Erik Blachford, former CEO of Expedia (EXPE)
- Tom Hughes, the co-founder of Photodisc (Getty Images)
- Samwer-Brothers, Facebook investors, the founders of eBay Germany, and Jamba
- Nick Hanuaer, Founder and Chairman of aQuantive, and Second Ave Partners
