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About

TELL studio is a conscientiously vetted network of creatives, strategists, designers, developers, publishers, printers, image makers and producers.

TELL assigns the right individual or team for each of our clients, sourced from our network of vetted freelance talent. Our scope of work ranges from holistic, full-scale brand building to special projects, and à la carte services.

Studio Directors

MATHEW SWENSON IS A SEASONED BRAND STRATEGIST, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, AND CO-FOUNDER OF TELL,WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, MATHEW HAS WORKED WITH CLIENTS INCLUDING ESTÉE LAUDER, LEVI’S, EVERLANE, COS, TAMARA MELLON, WILLIAM EGGLESTON, AND THE STANDARD HOTEL. HIS UNIQUE ABILITY TO CRAFT COMPELLING NARRATIVES AND BOLD VISUAL IDENTITIES HAS HELPED SHAPE BRANDS ACROSS FASHION, HOME, AND CULTURE.

MICHAEL CINA IS AN ARTIST, DESIGNER, AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, and CO-FOUNDER OF TELL, WHO BRINGS A DISTINCTLY EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO VISUAL COMMUNICATION. WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE ACROSS ART, DESIGN, AND BRAND COLLABORATIONS, CINA MERGES INTUITION AND STRATEGY TO CREATE WORK THAT IS BOTH TIMELESS AND INNOVATIVE. HIS PRACTICE MOVES SEAMLESSLY BETWEEN THE STUDIO AND THE COMMERCIAL SPHERE, PRODUCING PROJECTS THAT RESONATE CULTURALLY WHILE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF FORM AND MEANING.

Services

    • Culture & market analysis
    • Consumer insights
    • Brand visioning
    • Go to market plan
    • Communications planning
    • Content strategy
    • Brainstorms & Ideation
    • Graphic design
    • Art direction
    • Identity design
    • Illustration
    • Photography
    • Retouching
    • Voice & tone
    • Copywriting
    • Public Relations
    • Email marketing
    • Paid advertising
    • Custom publishing
    • Events
    • Website development
    • Email Marketing Packages
    • UX & UI Design
    • Ecommerce
    • Reskinning
    • Shopify

Past Clients

Abbott NYC / American Apparel / Audi / Stub Hub / Artbook DAP / Band of Outsiders / BCBG / Bloom & Plume / Bookmarc / Callidae / Communitie by John Patrick / Corinne Mathern / COS / EB Florals / Entireworld / Everlane / Everviolet / Everybody.world / Girlboss / Gold Diggers / HBO / H.D. Buttercup / In the Groove / Joshua McGarvey / Kelly Wearstler / Kim Gordon / Les Aperizes / The Little Squares / Martha Stewart / Mintee Kalra / New Standard Institute / n + 1 / Organic by John Patrick / Pam & Gela / Paper Chase Press / Estee Lauder / COS / Public Goods / Regen Projects / Shane McCauley / The Standard Hotel / Stateside Project / Society for Rational Dress / Seed / Sophia Amoruso / Tamara Mellon / True Botanicals / Tyler Ellis / Vegamour / Velvet / Vera Wang / William Eggleston / Zak Eyes / 7 Continents