Christian Dutilh is a creative director and strategist living in New York City.

Driven by the desire to understand the state of humanity at large, he treats his creative projects as time capsules—vessels that can capture a particular moment in cultural history.  The projects he oversees are often (but certainly not limited to) visual identities, campaigns, publications, and websites in culture and commerce.

Currently, he is Director at Composite, the studio he co-founded with Jakob Weinzettel in 2016. He lives on the Lower East Side—one of the few neighborhoods you say you live “on” not “in.”

Always

Excited to lead full-suite visual identity, campaign, packaging, and website projects with my nimble team at Composite.

Often

Freelances for design agencies as a creative director or brand strategist on campaign and branding projects.

Select Clients

Blank Street
Dion Lee
Fanatics
Goethe Institut
James Newton Howard
The LINE Hotel
Le Père
Lucy
Miss Grass
Minecraft
PAPER
RBW
Telfar
Verizon
Virgin Hotels
Washington Project for the Arts

past agencies

Gander, Lead Strategist    Full-time

Savvy Studio, Lead Strategist    Full-time‍

Wedge Studio, Strategist    freelance‍

Unfollow, Creative Director   freelance‍

The FADER, Creative Director   freelance‍

personal projects

Composite Materials   ongoing

Center for Collaborative Living  ongoing‍

GEIST   launching 2025‍

Desiring Machines  ongoing‍

Gaylots   ongoing‍

VAULTE X-XII   2019-2020

awards & engagements

Dieline Awards  2022, 2023

D&AD Awards 2023‍

Contrary Con: Speaker  2019

Campaign Identities: Lecture with Ellen Lupton  2019

press

Vogue: "Telfar brings a frenetic press conference to New York Fashion Week" LINK

It's Nice That: "Vaulte: a magazine poking fun at the world of design while critically analysing it" LINK

Washington Post: "Vaulte X-XII is Shaw’s trendiest new boutique. Or is it?"  link‍

education

Georgetown University  masters real estate development

William & Mary ba international relations‍

contact

Email  c@wearecomposite.co

Instagram personal, composite‍

blank street coffee
graphic design, packaging
vaulte magazine
artist, editor
variety drugs
strategy, creative direction, packaging
graza
brand strategy, naming, art direction
wherewithal grants
visual identity, web design
Lucy
strategy, visual identity, packaging
carlos motta
graphic design
maxfields
visual identity, collateral, website
eddie
visual identity, art direction, website