Ellie Strube

Carl Rosen: Editor + Director

Pat Rhea: Videographer

Ellie Strube: Producer

MANZA Studio aka Christophe Roberts, is a Bahamian-American Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, painting, design and installation work.

His work currently is used with upcycled materials, but wanting to further develop his craft, he asked me to create a deep dive report exploring themes of sustainability.

To view the full report or if you’re curious about a custom report, please contact me :)

Challenge: Limited footprint and budget.

Insight: Wynwood’s III Points is a mecca for music, youth culture, curation innovation.

Approach: Deliver content that is fresh and embodies what Art Basel is all about.

Partnering with our pals at Matte Projects, we created created a sponsorship package for our brands, in hopes that they’d want to be part of something totally unconventional and out of their element.

On Labor Day weekend of 2019, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in The Bahamas hit the Abaco region with winds up to 180mph and gusts at 250mph. The devastation of Hurricane Dorian is catastrophic. With 70,000 people now displaced, and the death toll in the thousands, the residents of Grand Bahama and Abaco are left with little hope.

Fortunately, many Floridians have been working together to get donated supplies to the islands. The supplies are loaded into shipping containers and shipped over.

We thought: what might bring hope? Our solution: 10 shipping containers plus 10 Miami-based artists resulting in an epic day of paint, fun, and community. Once bleak and bland, these shipping containers were transformed into beautiful works of art to bring joy and hope to our friends in Grand Bahama and Abaco. Amongst destruction, there can be beauty.

Fred is Florida Paints’ Senior Chemist. We decided to create a little piece on him to share with other employees and friends.

Role: lead researcher and strategist.

Challenge: Deliver a riveting and emotionally-compelling experience to people to understand the impacts of drunk driving.

Solution: We developed a VR experience concept that allowed people to experience in full impact, what it is like to be in a car crash. This project was highly emotional and difficult to work on, but rewarding to know it will make a difference.