Bethlehem Hill is an upcoming PSX inspired retro game by Jayson Robert Ducharme/Woebegone Nights. The game takes inspiration from Silent Hill and Resident Evil and transports the surival horror genre to a vampire-ridden northern New Hampshire. For this project Causarē designed the box art and the in-game map.

This ongoing selection of business for various individuals/businesses. Shown here from top to bottom are:

• Afonso Malheiro, content creator

• Blackstone Valley Studios, film production

• Causarē, design consultancy

• CeeLo’s, landscaping company

• DAC-6328 Productions, film production

• Namira, business consultancy

• Private Eyes Films, film production

• Street Wise Driving Academy

CeeLo’s Landscaping is a Manchester, NH based landscaping start-up. The company is focused on providing high quality, year-round landscaping services to both commercial and residential clients. To help them stand out in a crowded market of busy designs, a clean and simple logo was created aimed at reinforcing name recognition. Halftone dots depict a lawn mowed in the shape of a “C”. Additionally, the accompanying tree illustration is made up of several copies of this shape. The logo is featured on a variety of items such as seasonal apparel, signage, vehicle graphics, and stationary.

Cinema GCW was just-for-fun project that took place between 2021-2022. This design/art project combined a passion for cinema with the world of GCW by reimagining marquee matches as film parodies/references. This collection highlights Causarē’s ten personal favorites from this project.

The Cruel Summer Film Fest was a 2022 event held by GR Film and co-sponsored by Causarē and Reveel. The retro-inspired event brought together the several of the best indie filmmakers in New England.

For this event Causarē designed a logo, poster, digital banner, and accompanying Causar.ēxe video background which played prior to the event.

DAC-6328 Productions is the production company of auteur J.D. Karlowich which takes its name from his license plate. The logo combines a license plate frame with wide screen bars and makes prominent use of J.D.'s favorite color.

In this brand information and images are displayed within the widescreen bars and lined up as continuous frames. These frame sequences often bleed off the edge of items to replicate film movement. Finally the phrase #FadeToOrange is the brand’s calling card and reflects its unique color. This manifests itself on apparel, social media, and the DAC-6328 video signature.

The Elephant Man is a stage play which details the life of Joseph “John” Merrick. Merrick was born with several rare deformities which caused him both physical and mental anguish and led him to be known as the "Elephant Man".

This design package included a teaser poster, main poster, and program design. The aim of the design was a modern take on the play, venturing away from the usual sideshow and carnival designs that had previously defined it. The teaser and the main poster are designed to provide a contrast with an intrusive and then more thoughtful look at The Elephant Man himself.

Frosted Glass is a short film collaboration by Causarē and DAC-6328 Productions. Causarē handled several roles on this production including advertising, art direction, editing, producing, social media, and story assistance.

The dark comedy details a wild evening when a method actor went too far using whiskey to prepare for a role. The frosted glass the protagonist makes at the end of the film is the inspiration for both the title and the styling of the film’s logo.

Elements produced for this film included the main poster, a series of six weekly character quote posters, a limited run of promotional dvds, and design of the film’s prop brand, Chairman’s Irish Whiskey.

The short film is twenty minutes long and is on YouTube along with a teaser and trailer.

This collection of movie and festival posters were designed for GR Films. (Note: There is some overlap with the Private Eyes Films gallery due to collaborations.)

A heel turn in professional wrestling is when one friend turns on another in a particularly devious act. This t-shirt for the humorous social media brand Heelbook celebrates this by conveying a heel turn as a road sign.

This was the first and most popular in an ongoing series of Heelbook shirts. The shirt has gained a small cult following and sold 350+ shirts worldwide since 2013.

This series of book covers highlight the work of horror novelist Jayson Robert Ducharme.

The cover for Without Suffering conveys the frightening and unstoppable nature of a mental institution using proportion, lighting, and spaced out type.

The cover for Under The Evening Sun combines a saw blade with the sun in a surreal fashion to depict a story about exhuming a body.

This cover for The Modern Prometheus depicts a man reassembled and brought back to life as broken glass, conveying his shattered body and psyche.

This ongoing selection of logos for various topics/businesses. Shown here from top to bottom are:

• Blackstone Valley Studios, film production

• Causarē, design consultancy

• CeeLo’s, landscaping company

• Cruel Summer, film festival

• DAC-6328 Productions, film production

• Del Negro Entertainment, film production

• Frosted Glass, short film

• Lois Weber, film festival

• Namira, business consultancy

• Peters’ Farm

• Private Eyes Films, film production

• Probitas Herald, online newspaper

• Street Wise Driving Academy

• Stories In Motion, film production

•Turning Point Network, non-profit

This ongoing selection of movie posters highlights various New England based independent films. Notable clients include Stories In Motion, Blackstone Valley Studios, Simple Yet Sweet Productions, and Hawk Studios.

A stylized N in brackets creates a custom viewfinder to represent this Portuguese company whose name translates to "in sight". Namira provides specifically targeted business and digital marketing consulting.

Namira's brand standards cover all major aspects of their brand including logo usage, typographic hierarchy, stock photograph formatting, primary and secondary brand colors, stationary, and social media guidelines. The manual is translated into Portuguese and English. 

Peters’ Farm is a family owned farm in Salem, New Hampshire widely known in the region for their corn.

The goal of this logo was to create an instant association of Peters’ Farm with both farming and their top crop. As such a tractor towing a giant corn cob acts a memorable and unique way to convey this.

Seven different variations of the Peters’ Farm logo were then developed for use in various applications. Alternate versions include a horizontal version for use on long media, a seal to act as a shorthand version of the logo, a corn crew version, a signage version, a type version and a symbol version.

The Last Page is a 2024 independent romance film by director Kris Salvi and Private Eyes Films. In the film, a screenwriter divorces himself from the world to focus on his latest work. This project involves the art direction for the film which includes the poster and an end credit sequence.

The end credits sequence is a surrealist animation of titles and cryptic quotes coming from a stationary typewriter in the style of a script.

This collection of movie and festival posters were designed for Private Eyes Films. (Note: There is some overlap with the GR Films gallery due to collaborations.)

Once Upon A Lockdown is a 2021 independent crime film by director Kris Salvi and Private Eyes Films. This project involves the art direction for the film which includes the poster, film title, type treatments, and an end credit sequence.

To accompany the black and white look of the film, more decorative typefaces were chosen, including a flowing, expressive script, to invoke a feeling of classic cinema.

The end credit sequence plays off the film title by recapping the film as a storybook. The book is placed on a table from the film and pages turn to reveal the cast, crew, and story. The full end credit sequence can be viewed at the end of this project (spoiler warning).

Step Right Up is a 2022 independent dark comedy film by director Kris Salvi and Private Eyes Films. The film details the insane odyssey of a down-on-his-luck man trying to get a new coffee maker. This project included a poster, title cards, and an end credits sequence.

The main force driving the design of the project was the visual clash between the coffee salesman Big Dave’s tacky, cliché infomercials and the harsh street adventure of the main character. As a result the design combines a rough and gritty aesthetic with over-the-top consumerist designs. The highlight of this being how the elements converge in the bombastic end credits sequence that highlights the insane cast of characters.

Turn A Mad Dog Loose is a 2023 independent crime film by director Kris Salvi and Private Eyes Films. The film portrays a priest turned vigilante, and others in his orbit, as they attempt to hunt down a ruthless gunman. This project included a teaser poster, main poster, moving title cards, and an end credits sequence. The aesthetic for this was heavily influenced by the dark vibes and snow storm within the story.

A Woman Under An Inferno Sky is a 2024 independent religious period drama film by director Kris Salvi and Private Eyes Films. In the film, a woman of faith in the 1900s attempts suicide and is then transported to the modern day world. This project involves the art direction for the film which includes the teaser, main, and alternate posters as well as an end credits sequence.

The end credits sequence features bold typography filled with a moving texture of the inferno sky that is featured on the various posters.

This video contains a selection of originally designed moving production logos.

Vol. 1 features Del Negro Entertainment, Private Eyes Films, Stories In Motion, GR Films, DAC-6328 Productions and Causarē.

Below is an additional video with the production logo for Blackstone Valley Studios.

This collection of movie posters were designed for Soul Prophet Productions.

Street Wise Driving Academy provides driver education in the Weare, NH area. The goals of the Street Wise brand are to be distinct, informative, and professional. This project contains complete and ongoing design for this brand since its inception.

A custom road sign helps define the brand. Other signs and informative illustrations are also used as additional brand elements. Modernist typography provides a clear and informative feeling that differentiates it from competitors on everything from instructional materials to advertising.

Street Wise’s digital presence includes Prezi presentations, a website/blog, and social media. Street Wise’s website is notable for having the region’s first digital application and payment system as well as an extensive catalogue of new driver resources.

This poster series was for a dance production, Transitions, presented by the two dance groups at Colby-Sawyer College. The designs feature studio photography of the various dancers and an elegant, modern theme to convey the nature of the production.

The Causarē 10th Anniversary commercial was created to highlight Causarē’s first decade of work and originally aired as part of GR Film’s She Who Dared Premiere at Somerville Theater in October 2023. The commercial features actor Marc Powers and uses the wide-range of projects to convey the great future potential of the agency.

Causarē is the design consultancy that creates Design with CAUSE: Concept, Aesthetics, Usability, Simplicity in Everything. This process considers all aspects of a design to create the most effective design possible.

The logo is a simplified version of Causare's four main design ideas contained within a diamond. The premise being when a design has all these components it is like a diamond… it shines and more importantly it lasts.

Causarē’s bold and simple brand materials work to reflect the Design with CAUSE sentiment on everything from stationary to apparel to digital media like the Causarē video signature.

The Such Films As commercial was created to highlight Causarē’s work in independent film and originally aired as part of GR Film’s Dessert Premiere at Cape Cod’s Chatham Orpheum in September 2021. The commercial features actor Kris Salvi and uses humor, including an outtake, as a fun and memorable way to show Causarē’s portfolio.

Causarē Vol. 1 is a compilation book which brings together the entire Causarē portfolio and a variety of extras that laid the foundation for the company. Featuring 18 years of projects, Causarē Vol 1. presents the agency’s unique visual journey. The book’s launch was also supported with a commercial, included at the end of this project. The book can be purchased here.

Two-time honorable mention winner in the 2022 International Design Awards “print/books” and “print/self-promotion” categories.

Causar.ēxe is a just-for-fun music visuals project by Causarē. This project repurposes or mixes various media with music to create a variety of experiences in the vaporwave and adjacent genres. All music belongs to their respective owners. The project also includes a series of minimalist posters highlighting various elements of the mixes.

Current videos include Cruel Summer Film Fest, Stamford Snow Beach, Liminal Spaces Of Nostalgic Florida, and Studio Viber.