Category: Creative Direction
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
UMI
Forest in the City
Creative direction, album artwork, music videos, photography, logotype, posters, merch design, packaging design, lyric visualizers and live tour direction for UMI’s debut album “Forest in the City.” Photography featured in Rolling Stone and Numéro Netherlands. (Winter 2021 – Summer 2022)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Album Artwork Photography: Julian Burgueño
Project Photography: Eddie Mandell
Photo Assistants: Christopher Burgueño & Maddie Spanier
Styling: Lexi Kingery, Ian Whalley & UMI
Hair & Makeup: Arielle Park, Mitchell Cantrell, Kasha Lassien, Love Taije, Sophia Erickson & Elyse Thoms
Visualizers/Lyric Videos: Nik Arthur
‘Sorry’ Music Video
Director: Eddie Mandell
Executive Producers: McCray Sutherlin & Farah Idrees
Production Company: Muddy Water
Producer: Dain August
Associate Producer: Sahnah Dhrif
Director of Photography: Andrew Truong
1st Assistant Director: Lane Stroud
Production Designer: Clayton Beisner
Editors: Eddie Mandell & UMI
Colorist: Dante Pasquinelli
‘Whatever U Like’ Music Video
Director: Will Noyce
Producer: Jeremy Ivory-Chambers
Production Company: Fengari
Director of Photography: Shane Bagwell
‘Wish That I Could’ Music Video
Director: Danica Kleinknecht
Producer: Jeff Kopchia
Director of Photography: Farhad Ghaderi
Editor: Alex Farah
Colorist: Sam Gilling
BTS: Elinor Kry, Jenna King & Domia Edwards
Merch Design: Eddie Mandell, Ema Gaspar, Nicholas D’Apolito & Leo Horton
Live Tour Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell & UMI
Stage Design: Wesley Goodrich
Manifesto Visual Narrative
Director: Danica Kleinknecht
Director of Photography: Jay Swuen
Creative Representation: IAMSOUND
Lecx Stacy
Cherry Red
Cover art for Lecx Stacy’s “Cherry Red” EP. (Fall 2023)
Creative Direction & Design: Eddie Mandell
Tate McRae
Too Young To Be Sad
Creative direction, artwork, photo direction and music videos for Tate McRae’s “Too Young To Be Sad” EP. Core work on this project included molding a visual identity for Tate across media and honing in on her stylistic themes. (Spring 2020 – Spring 2021)
Creative Director: Eddie Mandell
Photography: Gennelle Cruz
Design: Eddie Mandell
Producer: Duy Nguyen
Styling: Zeina Esmail & Kara Chomistek
Hair & Makeup: Nickol Walkemeyer
Rubberband Music Video: Black Lake
Creative Representation: IAMSOUND
UMI
Introspection Reimagined
Creative direction, album artwork, design and press photos for UMI’s “Introspection Reimagined” EP. We imagined a regal take on UMI’s initially DIY “Introspection” EP. Thematic cores of spirituality and self reflection were transformed into a more mature aesthetic. (Spring 2021)
Creative Direction, Design & Image Treatment: Eddie Mandell
Photography: Vince Aung
Styling: Kaitlyn Vitug
Hair: Mitchell Cantrell
Makeup: Kasha Lassien
Production Design: Jamie Weiss
Styling Assistant: Zara Bash
Zara Larsson
Europe Tour 2021 - 2022
Creative direction and visual content direction for Zara Larsson’s “Poster Girl” Europe tour. (Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell
Stage Design: Anders Heberling, Eddie Mandell and Sacha Jean-Baptiste
Show Direction: Sacha Jean-Baptiste
Choreography: Milena Jacuniak
Lighting Operator/Programmer: Isak Gabre
Video Operator: Ishai Mika
Visual Content Direction: Eddie Mandell
Visual Content, Modeling & Animation: Randy Cano, Brandon Braun & Green Wall Designs
Photography: Timothy Gottlieb & Jeffrey McIntosh
Michael Casper
Documentation Photography
Documentation photography for Michael Casper. Photos taken during Michael’s process writing/recording his debut EP. (Summer 2018 – Summer 2019)
Photography: Eddie Mandell
UMI
Remember Me
Music video for UMI’s “Remember Me.” (Fall 2018)
Directors/Cinematographers: Eddie Mandell & Aamir Khuller
Creative Direction: Eddie Mandell, UMI & Aamir Khuller
Edit: Eddie Mandell, UMI, Aamir Khuller & Lewis Caldwell