The phrase "a platform for creative" is not complete and requires additional context to be fully correct in written English.
It can be used when referring to a space or medium that supports or encourages creativity, typically followed by a noun that specifies what type of creativity is being discussed.
Example: "Our organization aims to provide a platform for creative expression in the arts."
Alternatives: "a space for creativity" or "a venue for creative work".
"I see it as a platform for creative community — the extension of life into art and art into life".
It can be in the white box; it could be out of the white box.... There's so much of that kind of stuff on Kickstarter, which is just a platform for creative projects and artists.
Last month Behance.net, which bills itself as a platform for creative professionals, announced its first round of outside financing, $6.5 million led by Union Square Ventures, who were backers of Kickstarter and Etsy and who were impressed by this five-year-old site's recent growth.
"The neighbourhood has a historic feeling – the sense that there are multiple histories that all contributed to the neighbourhood fabric – and that feeling is going away," says Bobby LeFebre, creator of the website We Are North Denver, a platform for creative responses to gentrification.
A "game" that's evolved into a platform for creative expression could have its community snuffed out because its creator sold out for a few billion dollars.
So, back in early 2008, Scott Belsky and co-founder Matias Corea, along with engineering leads Dave Stein and Chris Henry, launched Behance, a platform for creative professionals to showcase their talents, designed, in the big picture, to put control back into the hands of creatives and give their ideas the opportunity to see the light of day.
Consider Etsy, which is a kind of eBay for the design-conscious; or Kickstarter, which provides a platform for financing creative projects; Shutterstock, which licenses images; or BuzzFeed, a social news Web site.
Apple's iPad innovation is in developing and delivering a platform for the creative contributions of hundreds of thousands of developers and their applications for use by the millions of iPad enthusiasts.
There's also Plinth, a new art shop and gallery hybrid that stocks obscure British objets and periodicals while serving as a platform for local creatives.
Over the years, Vimeo has provided a platform for artsy creatives to distribute high-quality video clips and films to viewers.
The group of four fine arts students, including elusive street artist Bent, have set up the for-artists-by-artists gallery Play_Station, to provide a platform for young creatives that they might not be able to find elsewhere.
