Chandelier Creative Decamps to an Artsy East Hampton Retreat

Richard Christiansen, founder and creative director of New York-based Chandelier Creative, is a rarity in today’s agency world. While most indie shop heads pat themselves on the backs for generous Christmas bonuses, Christiansen took his crew on a soul-searching trip to Japan last year. So it should come as no surprise that he keeps an East Hampton, N.Y., creative retreat—dubbed the Mermaid Ranch—for employees and friends to use. There is even an artist-in-residence program where the rent is paid with three personal Instagram posts and three pieces of content for Christiansen and company to also post to Instagram.