About

Richard Chartier’s graphic design practice is based in Los Angeles, California.

Chartier has cultivated notoriety for his clean, minimal, formalist aesthetic in design and typography. His extensive experience in graphic design and art direction including logos, annual reports, posters, invitations, books, fliers, packaging, branding style guides, and magazines as well as website art direction has led him to work with a multitude of non-profit art, culture, environmental, and educational institutions as well as for corporations and individuals.

Prior to his design consulting work over the past two decades plus, Chartier served as senior designer and assistant art director for the non-profit organizations the Academy for Educational Development, the American Association of University Women, and VSA. 

Chartier holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design and Painting from James Madison University.


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Selected Projects
Selected Clients
  • Aeterna Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Allegra Consulting, Pasadena, CA
  • American Association of University Women, Washington, DC
  • Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Washington, DC
  • American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
  • Arlington Public Art Program / Cultural Affairs, Arlington, VA
  • Artisphere, Arlington, VA
  • Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
  • Cheryl Numark Art Advisory, Washington, DC
  • City of San Marino, CA
  • Epidote Press, Hillsborrough, NC
  • Fabergé Arts Foundation, Washington, DC
  • G Fine Art, Washington, DC
  • Galerie XX, Los Angeles, CA
  • Genesis Block Group, Inc., Vancouver, Canada
  • Greenbuild, Washington, DC
  • Grillworks, Inc, Washington, DC
  • IHS, Englewood, CO
  • Important Records, MA
  • Intransitive Recordings, Boston, MA
  • Jennifer Chun, New York, NY
  • le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France
  • Local 16, Washington, DC
  • Los Angeles County, CA
  • Loquasto, Inc, Los Angeles, CA
  • Millennium Decorative Arts, Washington, DC
  • Modern Mobler, Washington, DC
  • NAF, New York, NY
  • National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC
  • NFS, Los Angeles, CA
  • Pasadena Arts Council, Pasadena, CA
  • Pasadena Water & Power, Pasadena, CA
  • PFC Energy, Washington, DC
  • Room40, Brisbane, Australia
  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  • Steck Consulting, Washington DC
  • Temporary Residence, New York, NY
  • US Green Building Council, Washington, DC
  • VSA Arts, Washington, DC
  • Washington Performing Arts Society, Washington, DC
  • 2062, Los Angeles, CA
Recognition
Publications
  • GRIDS 2nd Edition / Rotovision, UK / 2011
  • Packaging Identity by Pedro Guitton / Index, Spain / 2009
  • The Graphic Eye by Stefan Bucher / Rotovision, UK / Chronicle Books, US / 2009
  • 1000 Supreme CDs [ Mao Mao, Spain ] 2008
  • Best of Disk Art: Innovation in CD, DVD or Vinyl Design & Packaging / Rotovision, UK / 2008
  • GRIDS: Creative Solutions for Graphic Designers / Rotovision, UK / 2008
  • Supersonic: Visuals for Music / Die Gestalten, Germany / 2007
  • Print and Production Finishes for CD and DVD Packaging / Rotovision, UK / 2006
  • Brooklyn: New Style / Booth-Clibborn Editions, UK / 2005
  • Dos Logos / Die Gestalen Verlag, Germany / 2004
  • CD-Art / Rotovision, UK / 2003
  • Los Logos / Die Gestalen Verlag, Germany / 2002
Exhibitions
  • 35 mm/Apocrypha / Sintesi Electronic Arts Festival / Naples, Italy / Dec 6-7, 2003
  • VS. / Mutek / Montreal, Canada / May 29-June 2 2002
  • 35mm | Design in Miniature / Mutek / Montreal, Canada ] May 29-June 2 2002
  • 35mm | Design in Miniature / Catalyst Arts / Belfast, N.Ireland / May 2001
  • 35mm | Design in Miniature / Lovebytes / Sheffield, UK / March 2001
Awards
  • Qwartz Award 2006 / France / Nomination for Best Packaging Design
  • Qwartz Award 2005 / France / Nomination for Best Packaging Design
Testimonials

“I highly recommend Richard Chartier Design to anyone looking for an elegant solution to your graphic design and branding challenges. Highly professional and experienced! Trust the pros!) Thank you Richard for always making my projects exceptionally beautiful”
— William Basinski, Composer

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“We’ve worked with Richard for more than a decade and we couldn’t be happier! Beyond his flawless sense of style and design, Richard is intuitive and responsive – his design elements and strategies are reflective of his ability to hear what a client is saying, and to bring to life meaning and purpose. It’s truly a pleasure to work with him and to learn something about your own project in the process. I can’t recommend him more highly.”
— Ruben Steck, Steck Consulting, LLC

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Richard is an absolute pleasure to work with! His creativity,attention to detail, and guidance makes projects fun and seamless, with a terrific end result!”
— Courtney Savoia, Communications Manager, NAF

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“Richard put together a look book for a feature film project intended for investors, development executives and studios in very short notice. Not only did he produce the look book in time for a deadline but created something that stood out and grabbed people’s attention from cover to end page. I couldn’t recommend Richard enough to anyone looking for high-quality design work.”
— Sebastien Tobler, Writer & Film Director

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“I have worked with Richard for 7 years to date on many different design projects. Richard is more than a pleasure to work with. He is talented and creative, maybe even more talented than he realizes at times! Beyond his skill set, he is strategic and thoughtful of all of the other components that go into a design; from the tactical items like printing, folding, and the look and feel, to more strategic items such a brand consistency and optimization and messaging. I feel comfortable giving Richard a brief overview of what I am looking for, allowing him to ask clarifying questions, and then letting him see what direction he takes me. He is reliable, responsive, thoughtful, and always turns in a good product!”
— Dana Pungello, Director of Communications, NAF

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“We hired Richard to overhaul our long out of date logo. We interviewed several candidates and selected Richard not only because of his innovative design skills, but also his ability to clearly articulate how a logo should work, and how my organization should move through the process of making such an important transition. Throughout the process he took the time to explain his decisions, and always left room to accommodate our feedback and questions. He’s a wonderful designer and very sensitive to the needs of his clients.”
— Robert Crouch, Executive Director, Pasadena Arts Council

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“Over the course of the past 10 years, the exquisitely seductive design work of Richard Chartier has graced several of my audio-visual releases, and most recently the art catalogue of my retrospective exhibition. Chartier’s unrivaled sense of style and subtlety is coupled with a flawless, razor-sharp command of composition, color, and typographical coordination. I have been flooded with compliments on the “Void and Light” exhibition catalogue, which compellingly evokes the scope and atmosphere of the artworks. You can return over and over again to Chartier’s designs, and always find some undiscovered nuances to tease your eyes.”
— Evelina Domnitch, Artist

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“Design is critical to Grillworks and Richard takes ours into print with great care and understanding of where we are going in both product line and brand. Factor in that he is fast and organized to the Nth degree and Richard gets my highest recommendation.”
— Ben Eisendrath, Owner & CEO, Grillworks

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“I worked with Richard for several years when he designed some of our print and electronic materials. Richard designed several annual projects for international, CEO-level audiences. He did a wonderful job of not only balancing corporate and artistic design elements, but also of identifying the best ways to promote and consume data so that it was meaningful for the reader. I would definitely recommend his work.”
— Erika Smakula, Director, CERAWeek Programs, IHS Markit