Partners & Spade
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Partners & Spade, established in 2008 by Andy Spade
and Anthony Sperduti
, is a storefront and studio on Great Jones Street in the NoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. The studio produces films, books, apparel, and conceptual products as well as marketing and branding projects for select corporate clients. The storefront, open on weekends to the public, presents a constantly re-imagined group show of artwork, objects, collections, and ideas generated by a changing cast of collaborators.
Partners & Spade draws on Spade and Sperduti’s collective experience in advertising, filmmaking, and fashion to create brand strategies, products, and one-of-a-kind artifacts, as well as a space for art happenings and special gatherings.
Absolute Vodka
Boast Apparel
J. Crew
K-Swiss
Harper Collins Publishing
Hudson's Bay Company
Roll & Hill
Swanson Vineyard
Target
Andy Spade
Andy Spade is the co-founder of Partners & Spade, along with Anthony Sperduti. He started his career in advertising working on brands such as Coca-Cola, Lexus, and Paul Stuart. In 1993, with his wife Kate Spade, he founded the fashion and lifestyle brands Kate Spade and Jack Spade. and was...
and Anthony Sperduti
Anthony Sperduti
Anthony Sperduti is the co-founder of Partners & Spade, along with Andy Spade. Trained as an art director, he has worked as creative director at advertising agencies Wieden & Kennedy , TBWA\Chiat\Day, Modernista and with brands like Nike, The Gap, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, ESPN, MTV, Volvo, and Heineken...
, is a storefront and studio on Great Jones Street in the NoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. The studio produces films, books, apparel, and conceptual products as well as marketing and branding projects for select corporate clients. The storefront, open on weekends to the public, presents a constantly re-imagined group show of artwork, objects, collections, and ideas generated by a changing cast of collaborators.
Partners & Spade draws on Spade and Sperduti’s collective experience in advertising, filmmaking, and fashion to create brand strategies, products, and one-of-a-kind artifacts, as well as a space for art happenings and special gatherings.
Films
- Notably, conceived story for “The Pleasure of Being Robbed” with Red Bucket Films, which was chosen for the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2008 and purchased by IFC Films; “PaperboysPaperboys (documentary)Paperboys is a 2001 documentary film by American director Mike Mills. The 41-minute film, produced by Jack Spade, profiles six paperboys from Stillwater, Minnesota. They invite Mills into their homes, show him their personal effects, and answer questions about their lives and the future of paperboys...
,” a documentary by Mike MillsMike Mills (director)Michael C. "Mike" Mills is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners.-Early life:...
; and “Dimmer,” a documentary by Talmage CooleyTalmage CooleyTalmage Newman Cooley is an American social activist and filmmaker. He is a co-founder and former co-CEO of The Center to Prevent Youth Violence , the largest non-lobbying organization dedicated to the issue of gun violence in America...
that was short-listed for the Academy Awards and included in the Museum of Modern Art's Sundance film collection.
Publishing
- Self-published various books, as well as books with HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
including “The Benefits of Looking Up," “I Think I Can, I Think I Can,” “How to Stay Out of the Doghouse,” and “How to Keep Him on a Short Leash."
Design and Branding Projects
- Conceptualized and designed J. Crew’s first menswear shop, known as the Liquor Store, at West Broadway and White Street in Tribeca.
- Working with CEO Tim Armstrong to commemorate the AOLAOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
brand around its 25th anniversary, commissioned Chuck CloseChuck CloseCharles Thomas "Chuck" Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits...
to create portraits of iconic AOL users who are shaping worldwide culture in their fields.
Product Design
- Launched a limited edition Partners & Spade design of the classic K-SwissK-SwissK-Swiss, Inc. is an American footwear company based in Westlake Village, California. The company designs, develops, and markets a range of athletic shoes under the K-Swiss brand.- History :...
tennis sneaker with a set of short films created for the 266 customers who purchased the shoes. - In collaboration with Jason Miller, designed a bespoke brass lamp with customized monogramming for Roll & Hill.
Store Happenings
- Hosts creative happenings including the monthly classes of Avant Garde Preschool and Will CottonWill CottonWill Cotton is an American painter. His work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by human subjects...
Bakery.
Partial Client List
AOLAbsolute Vodka
Boast Apparel
J. Crew
K-Swiss
Harper Collins Publishing
Hudson's Bay Company
Roll & Hill
Swanson Vineyard
Target