FRONTLINE

Storytelling and visual language for the world’s largest sailing yacht.

Client
Orient Express Sailing Yachts

Mission

Photography
Video
Graphic design
Brochure print / digital

Film direction : capturing the escape of a future journey. Travelling in dream before navigating on sea.

Print brochure – maps, itineraries, photography – a whole visual and graphical language to tell the  journey on board of Orient Express yacht.

Print brochure: travelling before the journey

Crafting the identity of Orient Express : bridging 150 years of legend with a vision for the future.

Client
Orient-Express

Mission
Visual Identity
Art Direction
Photography
Graphic Design

A new logo, revolving around the iconic window and evoking the four cardinal points of travel

A new font that evokes the sophistication of a mechanical movement, the sharpness and timeless feeling

Industrial language
& luxury codes

Our thread of Ariadne :
the timeless chic of quiet luxury

A new pattern, mirroring the legendary « Rail » one, by Suzanne Lalique-Haviland

Designing graphic system variations

Always guided by the
Orient Express compass rose

Creating content & recounting the brand’s rebirth in the book ‘Renaissance of a legend’

Domaine Chanson: total rebranding for the emblematic Bourgogne wine House.

Client
Domaine Chanson
A Groupe Bollinger House

Mission
Total rebranding,
Brand book,
Global visual & Graphic identity,
Photography campaign for web & social media,
Art Direction & Styling,
Editorial collaterals

Credits
Global art direction : Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Brand identity design : Emma Brante
Graphic design : Emma Brante
Photography art direction : Emma Brante
Video art direction : Emma Brante
Photography : Franck Juery
Video : Valentin Caporali

Born in 1750, the House has counted illustrious figures among its customers such as Voltaire and Lamartine.

Logo, branding & labels: modern manufacture meets the 18th century

Art direction & styling: photo campaign inspired by  Dutch 18th century still life paintings

Organic French Bubbly, 0.0% Alcohol: Pop-up the Bubble!

Client
French Bloom

Mission
E-shop, Web Design, Brand Messaging, Client Experience, Copywriting, Art Direction, Photography

Web site
www.frenchbloom.com

Credits
Global Art Direction : Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Photo art direction & styling : Masha Kontchakova
Photography : Oliver Pichler

French Bloom is the fruit of a bi-cultural friendship between Constance Jablonski and Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger.

Both wanted, through their female led brand, to give an alternative and inviting drink to those wanting to celebrate elegantly and differently, making the most of the precious moments shared with friends and family.

Art Direction For a New Art de Vivre

Photography: A Feeling of Lightness of Being

No Party Without Alcohol?
For Us, That is Totally… Passé!

The More the Merrier: Elevating the Moment for Everyone

Naturally Excellent
Completely Innovative
Perfectly Balanced

Accuracy careers: Bright campaign for Bright minds

Client
Accuracy careers

Mission
Art direction,
Photo Campaign for web & social media,
Global visual identity,
Corporate Photography

Credits
Global Art Direction : Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Graphic design : Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Photography art direction : Masha Kontchakova
Photography : Franck Juery

A journey through the rebirth of the iconic Orient-Express train. Behind the scenes, the poetry of the raw and the creation of a living archive of untold stories.

Client
Orient-Express

Mission
Art Direction, Photography, Production

Photographer © Masha Kontchakova

Deux Couronnes, creating an armagnac brand inspired by Henri IV, King of France & Navarre.

Client
Deux Couronnes, Armagnac

Mission
Story Telling, Naming, Brand Platform, Global Identity, Visual Strategy, Logo, Branding, Packaging, Corporate Photography

Credits
Global art direction : Masha Kontchakova & Emma Brante
Story Telling : Masha Kontchakova
Naming : Emma Brante
Brand identity design : Emma Brante
Graphic design : Emma Brante
Photography : Masha Kontchakova

Naming: inventing a name that carries the brand into an inspiring world, beyond the limits of its product.

Storytelling: developing a story and brand platform with unlimited potential.

Brand identity: explore the diversity of visual codes associated with the figure of Henri IV.

Drawing on the imaginary: learning about stories & history.

Building a brand identity with the potential for endorsement of different products.

Photography: talk about the product through a portrait of its terroir.

Logo & visual principles: pulling the strings of a rich historical visual canvas.

Through the brand, the discovery of a world of myths and stories.

Going for the romantic…

Breaking away from the usual codes: bringing armagnac into a poetic universe and vocabulary.

Cultivating the rare

Client
Groupe Bollinger

Mission
Global Identity, Baseline, Logo, Visual Strategy, Web Identity & Design, Copywriting, Art Direction, Photography & Illustration

Web site
www.groupebollinger.fr

Credits
Global art direction : Emma Brante & Masha Kontchakova
Naming : Emma Brante
Brand identity design : Emma Brante
Graphic Design : Emma Brante
Corporate Photography : Masha Kontchakova

Founded in 1829, the Bollinger Group is an independent, family-owned group of champagne, wine & spirits Houses.

Logo & Global Identity

Creating a New Baseline

Against the trend for uniformity of flavour, the Bollinger Group’s Houses are distinguished by their commitment to reveal the typicity of their terroirs.

Photography: portraying the terroirs

Creating a New Corporate Website

Creating a series of Images & Photographing the Essence of Nature

Highlighting the Group’s Values

Learning about Stories & History

Epicuria Architects creates public, school, cultural and sports facilities. Clarity, luminosity, functionality, such is their credo.

Client
Epicuria Architects

Mission
Global Identity, Baseline, Logo, Visual Strategy, Web Identity & Design, Copywriting, Art Direction, Photography

Web site
www.epicuria-architectes.com

Credits
Global art direction : Masha Kontchakova & Emma Brante
Brand identity : Emma Brante
Graphic design : Emma Brante
Web art direction, UI, UX design : Masha Kontchakova & Emma Brante
Photography art direction : Masha Kontchakova

Epicuria Architects has dedicated its work for over 20 years to places of study and knowledge.

Logo & Global Identity

Creating a New Website

Photography, Portrait of the Team

Building together : a team portrait that looks like a cena featuring a game between the individual members of the Epicuria team.

Reveal the singularity of an architect

Client
Maxime d’Angeac, architecte

Mission
New communication platform,
Logo Design, Brand Identity,
Brand Messaging, Digital Experience,
Art Direction, Photography, Web Design,
Social Media, Copywriting
www.maximedangeac.com

Credits
Global art direction : Masha Kontchakova & Emma Brante
Brand identity design : Emma Brante
Website art direction & design : Masha Kontchakova
Photography : Masha Kontchakova

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The visual identity revolves around a singular monogram that allows us to adopt a minimal global graphic language.

Logo & monogram

We drew our inspiration from classic monumental typography.  Playing with the particle of the name, the disappearance of the initials brings a lightness of being.

Digital Communication & Showcase Website

Social media: creation of visual & editorial content