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KREATA - Design In Haiti Béatrice Célestin “Kreata is the respect and understanding of the creative industry in the country.” Bloomberg Magazine said it, “We’ve passed the point where design is merely the look and feel of things. Today it’s core to any successful business”.

 The Dream Team behind KREATA is well aware, having mounted a successful trade show of 25 creative booths.

“Trade shows bring business opportunities, open the gate to an industry, help build contacts and expand networks,” says Beatrice Celestin alias TwixC - Haitian born and raised Designer & Artist.
 “As a Creative / an Artist, I like to challenge myself into being daring with the works of art that I do and feed my curiosity on how society perceives it, accepts it or not. I love to experiment with materials and medium and mixing the traditional and the digital ages to have a result that stands out, that is different daring & compelling.”
 Her philosophy, TwixCism, spreads around every project and service she creates that involves Art & Design. She has a particular affection for BLACK Backgrounds with bright colors stepping ViVmaghaiti.com | Pg. 48 | out of it. She has a thing for the Negative space and an endless crush on Helvetica Font Family. She put that energy and passion into KREATA.
 “I believe that this work has to be done by us civilians as well in order to raise standards in our dear Haiti. And this is how KREATA came about.”

 But what is KREATA about?

 “Kreata is the respect and understanding of the creative industry in the country.
Kreata is the union of talented creative showcasing their talents and bringing opportunities.
Kreata is the raise of the standards in the creative fields in Haiti.
Kreata is the opening of the mind of the population in Visual Communications,” she explains.

 Catch Ralph Dupoux, Xavier Delatour, Dida Zakelsek, The team of Graphcity, Lionel St Pierre, Didier Romain, Daniel Celestin, Hugline Jerome as they carve Haiti’s Design scene one project at a time.