Want to become a Surface Original?
Hey creators, this one’s for you. We've teamed up with our friends at Surface to create brand new creative classes and unlock hours of creative inspiration. Get inspired by our classes and then check out the Surface Originals contest.
All you have to do is tap into your creativity and share something original with #OriginalByDesignContest on Instagram or TikTok for a chance to win $25,000 and a bunch of other cool prizes.
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Meet the creators
Mel Robbins
The most booked female speaker in the world, a serial entrepreneur, and a best-selling author, and one of the most popular TEDx speakers of all time.
Chase Jarvis
An award-winning artist, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and one of the most influential photographers of the past 20 years.
Reyna Noriega
An Afro Latina author, illustrator, and educator. For her, art has always been a tool by which she could dive deeper into herself.
Brooke Shaden
As a self-portrait artist, Brooke photographs herself and becomes the characters of dreams inspired by a childhood of intense imagination and fear.
Amy Wynne
She has been teaching painting and drawing for over 25 years. She currently teaches in the Fine Art departments of several New England colleges.
Mary Jane Begin
An award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor in the Illustration Department at RISD.
Jennie Nash
The founder of Author Accelerator, a strategic book coaching service that offers the sustained editorial support writers need to complete their projects.
Steve Sweatpants
A self-taught street photographer in Brooklyn, NY. Heʼs also the co-founder & director of Street Dreams, a photography publication and visual agency.
Andrew Scrivani
Andrew is a photographer, director and producer who has worked on editorial, publishing, advertising, content creation, documentary and feature film projects.
Srinivas Rao
The host and founder to the popular podcast, The Unmistakable Creative where he’s interviewed more than 700 people from every walk of life imagine.
YuJune Park
She holds an MFA in Graphic Design from Yale University and a BFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Fuel your originality
No matter your passion, every Surface has been designed to fuel your originality and enhance your productivity. You never know when –or where– inspiration will strike. Check out these originals and their stories.