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Creative Industries 


Due to its unique culture, fantastic environment and good connections to the South East, London and Europe, the Isle of Wight offers an ideal environment for Creative Industries, and thus has a growing Media and Design sector. Many Businesses have international clients, and offer a diverse spectrum of talent.


Solo
Solo promote the highly successful Isle of Wight Festival. Over the past 10 years the festival has grown in popularity and now attracts 50,000 visitors to the Island every year.

The international music talent ranges from Coldplay, The Prodigy, Placebo, Goldfrapp, The Rakes, Morning Runner, Foo Fighters, Primal Scream, Editors, Dirty Pretty Things, The Kooks, The Upper Room, Suzanne Vega, 747s, The On Offs, Richard Ashcroft and many more. 

Generator
Generator is a design company working with a very diverse range of clients and business sectors. The company provides creative design solutions to help businesses effectively promote their services and products.

The range of services covers ID, literature, advertising, packaging, website design and PR. The philosophy is to try and build strong, long term working relationships with clients and become an essential part of their marketing team.

IM Design
Over the past 9 years, IM Design has enjoyed steady and sustained growth and is now established as one of the South's leading all service design agencies. IM Design offer an all-service design agency offering marketing and creative design solutions for print and the internet.

Their clients include, the Farringford Hotel, Smart Training and Recruitment, Dyer & Butler, Cowes Combined clubs, Flying Fish, Isle of Wight College, and Hovertravel.


Marriott Design
Marriott Design is an innovative and forward thinking company with over 30 years experience in the design and creative marketing industry. Marriott Design are known for being genuinely friendly, highly professional and caring about their clients needs.

Quay Arts Centre
The Quay Arts Centre is the Isle of Wight’s leading art gallery and venue for live arts events. It is situated in a converted 19th Century brewery warehouse complex located at the head of the River Medina in the centre of Newport. The complex was refurbished in 1997 by award winning architect Tony Fretton.

Facilities at the complex include 3 galleries, a 134 capacity theatre, a Crafts Council-listed shop and a popular café/bar with a reputation for serving some of the best home-cooked food on the Island. First class conferencing facilities are also available.

 

Matrix E-Business

Matrix is a web design agency based on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton, focused on delivering websites that really work for our clients. At Matrix we use our experience in delivering e-business solutions to help businesses improve themselves by using internet technologies intelligently.   Matrix Website

 

Sigma Events Management
Island based events management who are responsible for organising the programming and roll out of each April's Isle of Wight International Jazz Festival and the September IOW Folk & Blues Festival as well as monthly Jazz Clubs in Ventnor (The Island's Capital of Jazz in the Deep South of the UK) and other one-off major concerts. Sigma are also the sole agents for KAWAI Pianos on the Island.  Sigma Events website