Artemis Doupa, an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and adventurous marketer, is on a mission to eradicate designer poverty and increase sustainability. She specialises in one-to-one coaching of fashion and interior brands founded by visionary designers. She has an MA in Architecture and has taught at the UK’s most prestigious universities. In 2016, she co-founded one of the UK’s leading digital textile printing companies, maake. Soon after, her passion for entrepreneurship also led to the founding of maakeacademy and maakehome. Since 2012, Artemis has worked with over 10,000 brands, including Dior, Alexander McQueen and ASOS. Learn more at www.maakeacademy.com
‘In Design & Grow, Artemis provides an invaluable guide for designers to understand key business concepts that will help them to increase their efficiency, productivity and impact. Her clear and concise approach makes the complex concepts of business and economics accessible to even the most novice of designers, included a variety of tools and resources that will help designers to leverage their creative energy and become more successful in the workplace.’ — Allan Dib, serial entrepreneur, rebellious marketer, #1 bestselling author ‘A terrific and engaging read. Artemis sets easy-to-implement takeaways to help designers grow their businesses and tackle fundamental business issues. If you want practical tools and results, read this book.’ — Daniel Priestley, award-winning author and entrepreneur ‘Artemis sets out her secrets of how to become a successful designer in a clear and down-to-earth way, with practical examples that show the depth and breadth of her experience. Her STORMS method is easy to follow, and the reader can easily dive into each chapter as a standalone or take it as a whole. This book is a must-read for designers who are struggling with the business side of their design business.’ — David B Horne, award-winning author and entrepreneur