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About us

We’re PLdesign, Mateja and Patrik, a couple that shares a passion for design and photography.

How we met

Our story begins back in high school. We were classmates and we became friends during our third year. We immediately clicked and became best friends. Through next years our friendship blossomed into a relationship. We were both interested in design and printing but we each attended different colleges. Mateja went to college where the main focus was design and print and Patrik attended college that focused around design and multimedia. We were separated through college but if we could we even attended each others college so we could be together and maybe learn something else. At the end of college we both got a seasonal job in a screen printing company where we expanded our knowledge into printing.

Our start with Zazzle

In 2012, Patrik stumbled upon the world of print-on-demand websites and was immediately intrigued. After doing some research, he decided to take a chance and open our first store on Zazzle. Initially Mateja was hesitant about this “print-on-demand online business” and didn’t want to get involved. As a result our store is called PLdesign after Patrik’s initials.

Our journey got off to a slow start, as we struggled finding our creative voice. At first we tried to follow trends, but it was even harder to get noticed in an already crowded marketplace. Over time, we got a bit lucky and found our signature style that centered around sparkles and bright, bold colors.

Expanding our stores

As we gained momentum on Zazzle, we decided to expand our reach by opening more print-on-demand stores on Society6 and Redbubble in 2014. We were extremely happy to see our designs getting sold on a massive variety of products. We were glad we could make money working on something we loved and every positive review on our Zazzle store was a wonderful and warm feeling.

Today, we’re proud to have our designs featured on a variety of print-on-demand platforms, including Teepublic, Pixels, GoHeadCase and MiPic. We are always eager to explore new opportunities and expand our reach even further.

At the end of everything we do is our passion for design and our love for each other. We are very grateful for our achievements and we are very lucky that our designs reached all over the world.. We hope that our designs bring joy and inspiration to those who bought from our stores.

Please check out our Portfolio page where you can eplore many of our designs and products.

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