Category: Creative Direction
070 Shake
You Can't Kill Me
Creative direction, album artwork, photography, logotype, packaging design, merch design, tour posters, and copywriting for 070 Shake’s sophomore album “You Can’t Kill Me.” At its core, the project grapples with immateriality of self, formlessness, internal tension, the multiplicity of the ego, and one’s ability to transform themself and continually remold their core. The album artwork was featured in Our Culture Magazine’s “The 50 Best Album Covers of 2022” at #15. Photography featured on Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Fader, Complex, The Guardian, and Pitchfork. (Winter 2022 – Spring 2022)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell, 070 Shake & The C.O.R.E.
Art Direction, Photography & Design: Eddie Mandell
Album Artwork Painting: Nicola Samorì
Music Video Direction: Noah Lee
Video: 070 Cine, Mia Andre & Vinny Giovinazzo
Photo Assistant: Maddie Spanier
Creative Representation: IAMSOUND
Glaive
i care so much that i dont care at all
Creative direction, album artwork, photography, logotype, packaging design and tour poster design for Glaive’s debut album “i care so much that i dont care at all.” Photography captured in Ventspils, Latvia. (Spring 2023 – Summer 2023)
Creative Direction, Photography & Design: Eddie Mandell
Styling: Oliver Leone
Packaging Illustrations: Jason Rufov
Photo Producer: Wyatt Whitaker
Lighting/Camera Assistant: Chris Yellen
Creative Commissioner: Chris Clavadetscher
Lecx Stacy
A Glint in the Holocene!
Creative direction, album artwork, photography, video direction and poster design for Lecx Stacy’s “A Glint in the Holocene!” Photography featured in Flaunt Magazine. (Summer 2023 – Fall 2023)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Photography/Design: Eddie Mandell
“iii. Are We Awake” Music Video: Actual Objects
“iv. Deer in the Headlights” Music Video: Chris Yellen, Eddie Mandell, Will Noyce, Chase Shewbridge & Lecx Stacy
Album Artwork Lighting: Chris Yellen
Album Artwork Photo Assistant/VHS: Tommy Pointer
Paris Texas
Mid Air Tour 2023
Creative direction, stage design and lighting design for Paris Texas’ Mid Air Tour (Fall 2023)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Stage & Lighting Design: Eddie Mandell & Jacob Fishman
Programming: Jace Smolansky
Touring Lighting Designer: Jacob Fishman
Production: Jacob Fishman & Eddie Mandell
Rock Fabrication: Margot Rada
Rock Painting/Finish: All Sets
Paris Texas
Camp Flog Gnaw 2023
Creative direction, stage design and lighting design for Paris Texas’ live performance at Camp Flog Gnaw. (Fall 2023)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Stage/Lighting Design: Eddie Mandell & Jacob Fishman
Live Lighting Designer: Jacob Fishman
Lighting Programmer: Jace Smolansky
Video Programmer: Hugo Shiboski
Visual Content Direction: Eddie Mandell
Visual Content: The Circumstances, Nic Paranoia, Giorgio Cassano, Brett Prendergast, Nicholas D’Apolito, Ari Kech, Chris Yellen, Eddie Mandell, Charlie Brady & Silvio Deiaco
3D: Niccoló Abate, Giulio Gentile, Bruno Raciti, Giorgio Cassano, Leonardo Distefano, Alvise Aspesi, Matteo Bico & Michele Amoretti
Paris Texas
Coachella 2023
Creative direction and stage design for Paris Texas’ 2023 Coachella performance. (Spring 2023)
Creative Direction & Stage Design: Eddie Mandell
Production Design & Stage Build: Jacob Fishman, Eddie Mandell & Chris Yellen
Lighting Design/Operator: Jacob Fishman
Visual Content Direction: Eddie Mandell
Visual Content & Animation: The Circumstances, Nic Paranoia, Giorgio Cassano, Brett Prendergast, Nicholas D’Apolito, Ari Kech, Chris Yellen, Eddie Mandell & Charlie Brady
3D Modeling:
Propaganda Research & Edit: Nic Paranoia
Grade & Texturing:
Chiiild
Better Luck in the Next Life
Creative direction, album artwork, photography, logotype, packaging design, poster design, merch design and music videos for Chiiild’s sophomore album “Better Luck in the Next Life.” Principal photography shot in Montreal, Quebec. (Fall 2022 – Spring 2023)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Photography/Design: Eddie Mandell
Photo Assistant: Kosta Kolev
Styling: Joanie Del Santo
Production Company: Muddy Water
Executive Producers: McCray Sutherlin & Farah Idrees
Producer: Zion Lipstein-Saffer
Associate Producer: Sahnah Dhrif
Bon Voyage Music Video/Album Trailer
Director: Trey Lyons
Director of Photography: Dennis Grishnin
Montreal Production Company: Neufcinq
Production Manager: Josh Rosenbaum
First Assistant Director: Dan Libman
1st Assistant Camera: Yasmine Amor
Gaffer: Lucas Wakman
Production Designer: Stevie Smylie
BTS Photography: Vince Gravel
Color: Sam Gilling
Lecx Stacy
Held My Gaze
Creative direction, music video direction, album artwork, photography, logotype, and posters for Lecx Stacy’s “Held My Gaze” EP. Imagery for the project was shot in Medford, Oregon, Marin County, California, and Los Angeles, California. The “Haunted Be Thy” music video made Official Selection at the 2023 Berlin Commercial Awards. (Summer 2022)
Creative Direction & Design: Eddie Mandell
Photography: Eddie Mandell & Chris Yellen
‘Haunted Be Thy’ Music Video
Directors: Eddie Mandell, Will Noyce & Chris Yellen
Director of Photography: Emerson Duggan
Producers: Will Noyce, Jeremy Ivory-Chambers & Eddie Mandell
Production Company: Fengari / Big Kid
Stunt Coordinator: Jared Hughes
Edit: Eddie Mandell, Chris Yellen & Will Noyce
Color: Kaitlyn Battistelli
VFX: Louis Celano
Paris Texas
Live Tour
Creative direction, stage design, and photography for Paris Texas’ debut live tour. The stage was transformed into a “kill room.” We worked with limited space at smaller venues, striving to create an immersive, narrative-driven experience. Semi-transparent tarp treated with a mix of mud and blood surrounded the stage on three sides, providing a means of lighting diffusion for an ethereal atmosphere. Scrap metal, chains and a variety of junk was strewn across the stage, carefully blocked out to interact with our lighting.
Creative Direction & Stage Design: Eddie Mandell
Lighting Design: TJ Hoover
Production Design/Stage Build: Eddie Mandell, Kyla Rain, Shantanu Jhaveri & Alex Carmen
Graffiti: Alex Carmen
Creative Representation: IAMSOUND
Billy Lemos
Control Freak
Creative direction, EP artwork, single artwork, logotype, merch and website design for Billy Lemos’ “Control Freak” EP. (Summer 2022 – Winter 2023)
Creative Direction & Design: Eddie Mandell
3D Design: Robert Gotham
Photography: Chris Yellen
Web Development: Peter Campanelli
