Chatham Baroque

Art direction, editorial design, packaging

Removing much of the expected seventeenth- and eighteenth-century imagery from their visual identity in our first season together, we embarked on a journey to introduce timeless music to a contemporary audience.

Three musicians playing string instruments in a bright studio with large windows. The person on the left is playing a violin, the middle person is playing a long-necked lute, and the person on the right is playing a cello.

We worked with this trio to devise their performance campaign collateral for nine consecutive seasons.

Three event posters featuring musical performances, with the first showing classical music instruments and concert details, the second showcasing pipes and a bird, and the third depicting a person in a barn-like space with people in the background.

Three event posters for Chatham Baroque, featuring artistic white paper cutouts of a bird, a mask, and stringed instruments, with event details and dates.

Close-up of a ghetto blaster with a round design overlay displaying the letter 'C' at the top, number '25' in the middle, and letter 'B' at the bottom, with a background featuring horizontal lines or grilles.

Close-up photo of a metallic object with engraved markings, including a circle with the text 'C 25 B' and a pin or screw on a textured dark surface.

Three event posters for Chatham Baroque concerts, featuring a map of the Americas and bold event titles. The red poster promotes a Saturday and Sunday concert on October 13-14, 2012. The yellow poster advertises the Continental Christmas concert from December 14-16, 2012. The blue poster announces a pub and parlour event on March 2-3, 2013.

Poster for a concert featuring a woman playing the cello, wearing high heels, seated against a light background with text about a Chatham Baroque event.

A man in a formal black suit, white shirt, and black shoes playing a violin against a light background with large white text and pink and purple text providing event details for Chatham Baroque.

Poster for Chatham Baroque concert series 2016-2017, featuring three musicians in formal attire with string instruments, promoting a series of classical music performances in April, including dates and locations.

We collaborated with Chatham Baroque to promote their performance seasons as well as design the packaging for their recordings published under their own label. And we’ll never forget art directing a shoot where we asked Andrew, Patty, and Scott to leap into a swimming pool in black-tie.

A CD case and disc with vintage Spanish music cover art. The cover features an illustration of a woman playing guitar surrounded by floral elements in purple tones, with text indicating 'Españeta', 'Chatham Baroque', and 'Music of Baroque Spain'.

CD cover art for 'No Holds Barred' featuring black and white illustrations of a man playing lyrics on a keyboard, with the title and artist's name in pink text.

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The Andy Warhol Musuem

For more than a decade we worked with the Warhol’s curators and communications team to craft a visual identity for their film, music, and performance series.