Kiki Petiford is the founder of Legato Print Studio, based in the United States. Following close to a decade designing prints for retail brands, she launched Legato to develop and license her own print collection.
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Kiki Petiford is the founder of Legato Print Studio, based in the United States. Following close to a decade designing prints for retail brands, she launched Legato to develop and license her own print collection. The studio sells exclusive and non-exclusive textile designs to brands through The Pattern Cloud and consumer fabrics and homewares through Spoonflower.
Bold, colourful, and deliberately informal. The studio's self-description - "bold and colorful and never take themselves too seriously" - is a consistent creative position. The portfolio features confident repeat work with high chromatic energy. The hand-technique approach imparts a textural, human quality that distinguishes the work from digitally constructed print libraries.
Painting, stenciling, and block printing. These methods are framed as a deliberate creative signature producing "that perfectly imperfect human touch." No digital tool stack documented.
Retail brand licensing (exclusive and non-exclusive) via The Pattern Cloud. Consumer fabric and homeware sales via Spoonflower. Prior career encompasses close to a decade of in-house print design for retail brands (unnamed).
Close to a decade of in-house print design for retail brands before founding Legato Print Studio (founding date unverified). The studio distributes through both trade licensing and consumer print-on-demand channels.
Bold repeat prints produced using hand techniques - painting, stenciling, and block printing. Available for exclusive and non-exclusive licensing through The Pattern Cloud. Consumer products available on Spoonflower. Specific motif vocabulary not documented in available sources.
Kiki Petiford is the founder of Legato Print Studio, based in the United States. Following close to a decade designing prints for retail brands, she launched Legato to develop and license her own print collection.
Style and Aesthetic Bold, colourful, and deliberately informal. The studio's self-description - "bold and colorful and never take themselves too seriously" - is a consistent creative position. The portfolio features confident repeat work with high chromatic energy.
Pattern Focus Bold repeat prints produced using hand techniques - painting, stenciling, and block printing. Available for exclusive and non-exclusive licensing through The Pattern Cloud. Consumer products available on Spoonflower. Specific motif vocabulary not documented in available sources.
Markets and Clients Retail brand licensing (exclusive and non-exclusive) via The Pattern Cloud. Consumer fabric and homeware sales via Spoonflower. Prior career encompasses close to a decade of in-house print design for retail brands (unnamed).
Techniques and Tools Painting, stenciling, and block printing. " No digital tool stack documented.
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Career Path Close to a decade of in-house print design for retail brands before founding Legato Print Studio (founding date unverified). The studio distributes through both trade licensing and consumer print-on-demand channels.
Kiki Petiford is a Textile Designer. Browse their portfolio and contact them for projects.