BARRIER TO ENTRY
Client: ROBERT VERDI
Launch Date: 2023 - Present
Visual Identity + Direct to Consumer E-commerce + Operations: WESLEY RYAN CLAPP
Barrier to Entry's mission is to redefine the notion of discovering and collecting contemporary art in order to showcase world class talent through art exhibitions, limited edition runs, exceptional video content, humanizing interviews, and strategic partnerships.
www.barrier-to-entry.com
@BarrierToEntry.Art
LIZZIE TISCH DISCOVERIES
Client: LIZZIE TISCH
Launch Date: 2018 - Present
Creative Direction: ROBERT VERDI
Visual Identity + Operations: WESLEY CLAPP
Event Production: PJCP PRODUCTIONS
Photography: ANDREW WERNER
LTD is a fashion and art event curation consultancy founded by retail entrepreneurs Lizzie Tisch and Robert Verdi. LTD brings exciting collaborations and unique products to design lovers. LTD infuses shopping with an excitement and sense of discovery by offering limited edition products and exclusive experiences.
Ongoing LTD events will showcase the best in art, beauty, design, fashion and travel.
www.ltdxlizzietisch.com
@LTDxLizzieTisch
McKENZIE LIAUTAUD
Client: McKENZIE LIAUTAUD
Launch Date: 2016 - Present
Creative Direction: McKENZIE LIAUTAUD
Visual Identity + Ecomm Site: WESLEY RYAN CLAPP
McKenzie Liautaud, a NYC based Hatian-American designer, launched a collection of men’s accessories in 2010, including bespoke bow-ties and pocket-squares. After achieving success with the collection, he introduced women’s jewelry and subsequently an e-commerce web destination published by #WRC.
McKenzie’s first collection examined the relationship between tribal style and western design. He draws inspiration from his travels around the globe, finding the heat-beat of each new collection via complex discoveries along the way.
Liautaud has collaborated with designers Pyer Moss, Donna Karan, and La Ligne. His multicultural style has caught the attention of celebrities inclusing; Little Nas X, Lizzo, Sarah Jessica Parker, Billy Porter, Shakira, Maluma, Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson, and Kelly Ripa.
McKenzie’s goal is to bring balance and harmony to the world as he builds a conscious brand -- each McKenzie Liautaud piece is beautifully handcrafted using ethically sourced precious and semi-precious materials.
GREAT BAG CO.
Client: PACIFIC GROUP
Launch Date: 2014 - Present
Creative Direction: ROBERT VERDI
Visual Identity + Ecomm Design: WESLEY RYAN CLAPP
Product Manufacture: RALLYE FOOTWEAR
Photography: SHANE LAVANCHER
International taste-maker and entrepreneur, Robert Verdi, launches Great Bag Co. and its premiere product Model M. -- the most exciting accessory of the season!
This perfectly perky and super stylish accessory will open the floodgates for Fashion-Flex™ accessories and creates an entirely new handbag category. In development for more than four years, Great Bag Co.’s Model M. has three unique design patents.
Model M. retails for $120.00 in fifteen
fabulous colors for globe trotting women on the cutting edge of style.
www.greatbag.co
@GreatBagCo
ROBERT VERDI
Client: ROBERT VERDI
Launch Date: 2012 - Present
Creative Direction: ROBERT VERDI
Visual Identity + Web Design: WESLEY RYAN CLAPP
Photography: FIDEL BERSHA
Robert Verdi, Inc. is a creative services collective specializing in entertainment, celebrity styling, and home design. Robert Verdi is a fashion superhero, television personality, and entrepreneur. He’s the leading lifestyle tastemaker for celebrity icons like Eva Longoria, Bethenny Frankel, Hugh Jackman, Terrence Howard, Kathy Griffin, Kristen Wiig, Joy Behar, Sandra Bernhard, Mariska Hargitay, and Bobby Flay. Throughout his career, Verdi has notably hosted well-known fashion television shows including, “Full Frontal Fashion,” “Surprise By Design,” “She’s Got The Look,” “Wendy’s Style Squad,” and his own reality show, “The Robert Verdi Show Starring Robert Verdi.”
All this, makes Robert one of the most highly recognizable faces in the world of fashion and design media today — As he continues to challenge the way America sees style, both on- and off- camera.
www.robertverdi.com
@RobertVerdi
THE WEBER GROUP
Client: TRICIA WEBER
Launch Date: 2006 - Present
Creative Direction + Identity: WESLEY RYAN CLAPP
Web Design + Collateral: MARIANNA D’ANNUNZIO
The Weber Group is New York City’s favorite resource for the very best in commercial art and motion graphics for the advertising, animation, biotech, design, pharmaceutical, and publishing industries.
Owned and spearheaded by Tricia Weber - the boutique agency has been globally representing artists to commercial audiences for over 25 years. We approach every brief with strategic vision, delivering exciting art with perfect pricing and licensing.
TWG agents research and market talent to companies that purchase original art. We negotiate all aspects of agreements for clients primarily in: Advertising, Pharmaceuticals, Animation Studios, Design Firms, Book Publishing, and now XR/AR/VR.
We advance our artists' work through social media, public events, and art exhibits - all while traveling through the U.S. to meet with clients and prospective buyers. Operations can involve extensive discovery + developments, advocacy + promotion, as well as legal + procedural representation.
www.thewebergroup.net
@TheWeberGroup
