To Celebrate Lockdown Pivots, Squarespace Created Renaissance-Style Portraits of Real Entrepreneurs

Artist Ignasi Monreal reimagined resilient business owners as heroes for new campaign

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Just hearing “2020” is enough to make many people shudder. For some, it’s been a terrible year of loss—of life, opportunity, jobs. But against that backdrop, many people have fought through adversity and thrived.

In its latest ad campaign, “Browser History,” site building platform Squarespace pays homage to the entrepreneurs who have undertaken “inspirational pivots” in 2020 and launched new businesses, or significantly shifted direction.

The brand commissioned artist Ignasi Monreal to make Renaissance-style portraits of six business owners who use Squarespace.

These included Ziwe, a Brooklyn-based comedian and writer; Tia Adeola, a New York-based fashion designer with roots in Nigeria and London; Tim Heidecker, an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician; Richaud Valls, an actor, producer and now baker; Rose Greenberg, an artist and pillow maker; and Good Move, a now virtual dance and mindful fitness studio.


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