Team

Meet the makers.

Overview

We asked our team to choose a piece of art that represents them. From Caravaggio to Emigre, from Swiss modernism to Memphis chaos. Different backgrounds, different influences, same high standards.

We asked our team to choose a piece of art that represents them. From Caravaggio to Emigre, from Swiss modernism to Memphis chaos. Different backgrounds, different influences, same high standards.

Alex Athanasiou

Audience & Partnerships

Alex Blumfelder

Managing Director

Antonia Lazar

Program Director

Arielle Kroloff

Associate Director, Strategy

Brian Collins

Co-Founder, Designer

Claire Banks

Program Director

Daniel Ferro

Senior Designer

Dilayla Solorzano

Office Assistant

Drea Isasi

Senior Program Manager

Eigo Cong

Creative Technologist

Elizah Van Lokeren

Executive Operations Associate

Eric Park

Senior Motion Designer

Eron Lutterman

Audience & Partnerships

Evan White

Associate Designer

Hayden Zellers

Program Director

Jae Jeon

Senior Designer

Jaeyou Chung

Senior Designer

Jeremie Wimbrow

Design Director

Jessica Lai

Associate Designer

John Choi

Senior Motion Designer

Jonathan Katav

Design Director

Katie Branham

Accounting Assistant

Katya Watkins

Director, Resourcing

Kim Unger

IT & Systems Director

Klaudia Gladysz

Senior Director of People Ops

Leland Maschmeyer

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Lucas Howard

Senior Program Manager

Madeleine Carrucan

Associate Creative Director, Story

Mason Lin

Designer

Mimi Jao

Designer

Mina Son

Associate Designer

Morgan Light

Design Director

Nicholas Fearnley

Design Director

Nicole Cousins

Designer

Owen Oh

Associate Designer

Rebecca Smith

Financial Analys

Rik Ito

Chief Financial Officer

Rohan Rege

Senior Designer

Rory King

Design Director

Sam Eliot

Engagement Director

Selina Wu

Designer

Sergio Lairisa

Designer

Steffi Katz

Business Strategist, Associate

Stephen Dalton

Creative Director, Story

Taamrat Amaize

Chief Strategy Officer

Tom Elia

Executive Creative Director, Story

Vasavi Bubna

Associate Designer

Collaborations

LESI x COLLINS

Pop Up Magazine, the dynamic live storytelling experience that blends music, video, and journalism, invited COLLINS to craft a visual identity for their Golden State Record show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA. The theme? A tribute to the Voyager Golden Records—the iconic records that NASA launched into space, capturing the sounds and images of Earth’s diverse life and culture. In other words, the ultimate time capsule.

Our challenge was to create a visual system that responded to music in real time, one that would capture the ephemeral magic of a live performance. Enter Nosaj Thing, the LA-based record producer, whose atmospheric soundscapes became the heartbeat of our design. Together, we developed the Live Experimental Special Instrument (LESI)—a tool that translates music into a one-of-a-kind visual language, creating a living, breathing artwork in sync with the music.

In front of 5,000 people, COLLINS and digital artist Jono Brandel brought this concept to life, crafting a live experience that was as spontaneous as it was immersive. Every sound Nosaj Thing made on stage triggered a unique visual response—one that would never be seen again. The visuals, shaped by the music, became the visual time capsule for the night.

To extend this experience beyond the Greek Theatre, we developed a companion website—lesi.wearecollins.com—where users could get a glimpse of the magic that unfolded live on stage. It’s not just a digital archive; it’s a reflection of a moment in time, captured in sound and image, as fleeting and vibrant as the show itself.

A tribute to the Golden Record, the performance became its own form of space travel—charting a course through the intersection of sound, visuals, and collective memory.

Credits

Matt Luckhurst
David Nguyen
Christian Widlic
Jono Brandel
Nosaj Thing
Nicky Tesla