About Us

We are a family business located in sunny southern California! We were founded in 1986 by Linnea Asplind Riley and now run by her daughter, artist Johanna Riley. Linnea Design is a leader in the world of upscale, functional art products. Since 1986, our Poster Calendars have been a family gift tradition that now spans several generations. HGTV named Linnea Design as one of their top wall calendars for 2019, and our luggage tags have been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings and In Style Weddings magazine as festive wedding favor ideas.

About the Artist, Johanna Riley
Johanna began designing in 1998 for Linnea Design. Her creations include the Linnea Calendars, luggage tags, holiday cards, art prints, posters, tote bags, stickers and private label products for a variety of industries. She has a fresh, recognizable style, punctuated by bold colors and inspirational subject matter. Johanna has a degree in Art History from the University of Oregon. Her work has appeared in Pottery Barn, The Discovery Channel Stores, Travel Smith Catalog, the World Wildlife Fund, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Mondavi, Des Voigne Cellars, Concord Records, the Art Institute of Chicago catalogs and many others. Her artwork has been seen on the Today Show, Law and Order, Broad City, Friends, and HGTV to name a few.

About the Founder, Linnea Asplind Riley
Linnea designed her Linnea Poster Calendar from 1986 to 2009. Linnea Riley’s personal graphic style utilized rich colors to produce whimsical and intriguing images. She created with a variety of media including cut and painted paper, colored pencils and pastels. She has illustrated children’s books. Mouse Mess, which she authored, won the Zena Sutherland Award for the best picture book of 1998. Her work has been featured in Art Institute of Chicago catalogues.

Johanna is at the helm and is the artist that designs all of our products.
Jessica is our Print Production Manager, Graphic Designer, Wholesale Manager and Office Manager.
Matt is Operations Manager and expertly packs and ships all of our orders.
Jason is our Manager of Direct Sales and Customer Service.
Sparky and Pluto are our Chief Morale Officers.