Lisa frank

Lisa Frank is an American artist, founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated. The artist's work appears on various commercial elementary and middle-school products, mostly school supplies. Also common among Lisa Frank-related items are stickers and a variety of other merchandise such as clothing, toys, and even light switch covers, primarily marketed towards young girls.

She founded the company in 1979 after going through a difficult time struggling to become a movie star. She states her inspiration of bright colors originates from her occasional gigs and an XXX stripper club in Los Angeles, California,^[1] and that her success resulted from her sticker line. The company's headquarters is in Tucson, Arizona, and is easily visible due to the bright hearts, stars, and musical notes decorating the side of the building. There is currently a quarterly magazine also named Lisa Frank.

In 2001, Lisa Frank, Inc. was fined $30,000 by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and the FTC Act. According to the FTC, The registration form on Lisa Frank's website asked young girls for their first and last names, street addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and birth dates. Although directed to children, the site did not obtain consent from parents before collecting this information as required by law.

In 2005 Lisa Frank divorced James Green, the CEO of the company and co-share holder. The court agreed to assign control of the company to Lisa Frank.^[2]

Her corporation's artwork features extremely bright and vibrant colors, and round, smooth, reflective surfaces. A number of characters recur on 'Lisa Frank' branded items, such as a dancing bear with a top hat, and a grinning unicorn. Rainbows and especially the color purple are abundant in Lisa Frank's art.

Frank is an alumna of the Kingswood School (today: Cranbrook Kingswood School). Lisa Frank is an alumna sister of Delta Phi Epsilon and a distant relative of Anne Frank.