De Castellane Creative

11/30/2021

Congratulations to our client, Black Yeti Beverage, for being featured in the 2021 LA Weekly Holiday Gift Guide!

Our curated 2021 'So L.A.' Holiday Gift Guide has fashion, accessories, beauty, home decor, drinks, art and more for everyone on your list.

11/25/2021

Our team was honored to plan and execute tech startup Upkeep’s launch party. We're so excited to share some more highlights from the event 🤩🪄

1) The Upkeep and de Castellane Creative teams
2) Delilah Belle attends Upkeep Launch Party
3) Peng Peng Lett attends Upkeep Launch Party
4) Kenzie Harr attends Upkeep Launch Party
5) Daniela Sanguineti attends Upkeep Launch Party
6) Jennifer Stroup, Nikola Bedingfield, Bill Bakho, Merry Tungka attends Upkeep Launch Party
7) Cocktails provided by Grisly's Cosmic Black
8) Gift bags full of goodies from Bardot Vegan Beauty, BYROE, Ready Set Jet, EQUILIBRÉ LA, and Tonic Boutique.
9) Tiffany Faith Demers attends Upkeep Launch Party
10) Daniel de Castellane presents CEO and founder of Upkeep Tiffany Faith Demers with cake at Upkeep Launch Party
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10/21/2021

As we strive to empower small businesses, we have developed a series, where we introduce tools which can make your business more efficient, organized, and profitable.

Companies waste a lot of time in the communication process when it comes to collaborative projects. Asking and giving progress reports can be time consuming and inefficient. Asana is a great tool for project management that will increase efficiency in cooperation throughout your entire company.

10/11/2021

National Coming Out Day was created in 1988 to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Le***an Rights, which reportedly drew over 200,000 protestors to the nation’s capital that Oct. 11.

Actor and singer Demi Lovato came out as nonbinary in May 2021 and said they would be changing their pronouns to they/them.

Lovato Tweeted to fans:
“Not only has my life been a journey for myself, I was also living for those on the other side of the cameras,” Lovato, who got their start on “Barney & Friends” and has had roles on shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Prison Break,”

“Today is a day I’m so happy to share more of my life with you all — I am proud to let you know that I identify as nonbinary & will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward,”

“I feel that this best represents the fluidity I feel in my gender expression and allows me to feel most authentic and true to the person I both know I am and still am discovering”

10/07/2021

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be highlighting an influential Hispanic figure every week. For our fourth feature, we highlight Pedro Zamora. (Check our page to see our previous features!)
When Pedro Zamora began his journey as an actor on MTV's The Real World San Francisco in 1994, he had already been an active HIV/AIDS advocate and educator. At the age of 17, Pedro learned that he was a young man living with HIV and dedicated his life to raising awareness and educating his peers. He was one of the first openly gay men of color living with HIV/AIDS to be on a television series. His tragic death at the age of 22 created support for HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ advocacy.
Zamora's legacy as a world renowned HIV/AIDS educator and activist has inspired many to confront their fears, ignorance, and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS and the Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.

09/30/2021

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be highlighting an influential Hispanic figure every week. For our third feature, we highlight Sylvia Mendez. (Check our page to see our previous features!)

American civil rights activist, Sylvia Mendez played an instrumental role in the Mendez v. Westminster case of 1946. The case resulted in the banning of racial segregation in California public schools. Her case also paved the way for the national ban on segregated schools seven years later (Brown Vs. Board of Education).

After retiring from a career as a pediatric nurse, Mendez devoted her life to telling the story of her Mexican-Puerto Rican family and the legacy of the case. In 2011 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama for her advocacy for educational opportunities for “children of all backgrounds and all walks of life.”

09/23/2021

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be highlighting an influential Hispanic figure every week. For our second feature, we highlight Frida Kahlo. (Check our page to see previous features!)
The late world-renowned self-portrait painter, Frida Kahlo, was a Mexican woman who paved the road for artists, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community.
Kahol's artwork are incredibly intimate. Her artworks' messages and motifs may seem too obscure to interpret. When viewed through a contextual lens, however, the meanings behind her poignant paintings begin to materialize.
Her artwork displays disability through art, her attraction to both men and women, and her incredible talent in painting.

09/16/2021

¡Hola!/Hello!
Today marks the beginning of the Hispanic Heritage Month. To celebrate, starting today - Oct 15th, we will be highlighting an influential hispanic figure every week. For our first feature, we would like to highlight AOC.
In just a few short years, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one of the major leading voices for Hispanic Americans in politics.
Also known by her initials AOC, Ocasio-Cortez was born in 1989 in the Bronx, New York to a Puerto Rican mother and a Bronx-born father of Puerto Rican descent. She excelled through high school after her family moved to the suburbs and was in her second year at Boston College when her dad tragically died of lung cancer in 2008.
She ran for New York’s 14th Congressional District in 2018 with a successful grassroots campaign.
Since her arrival in Congress, Ocasio-Cortez’s vocal support of left-leaning ideas, including co-sponsoring the Green New Deal package to combat climate change, has made her a popular figure in progressive politics. She once again won her primary in June 2020, all but ensuring her return to Congress for a second term after the general election in November.

09/06/2021

Happy Labor Day! As we are celebrating the workers who keep America running every day, we bring attention to photographer Gabrielle Lurie's portrait series, "Essential Workers". This series depicts workers in various essential industries during the COVID-19 pandemic; the heroes during unprecedented times and social change. Lurie's series won the NPPA Best of Journalism Award: "2021 Portrait Series".
1) Essential farmworker Pablo Barrera, 67, poses for a portrait while planting organic cantaloupe at Del Bosque Farms in Firebaugh, California on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
2) Essential worker and firefighter Tanesha Gibson, 33, poses for a photograph while working at Fire Station 17 in the Bayview district of San Francisco, California. Monday June 1, 2020.
3) Manuela Garcia, 33, and Patricia Hodge, 41, who are professional cleaners pose for a portrait outside a client’s house in the Mission District in San Francisco, California on Thursday, July 30, 2020.
4) Nurse Pauline Tran poses for a photograph at the testing site for Covid-19 at Laguna Honda Hospital in Midwood Terrace, San Francisco, California on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.
5) Larry Cruz, 60, who is a USPS postal carrier poses for a photograph during his route in Potrero Hill, San Francisco, California on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
6) Jonathan Persico, 41, who is a sheetmetal worker stands for a portrait while building the ventilation for a Covid-19 testing site in Berkeley, California. Friday June 12, 2020.
7) Cashier Rafik Hamdallah, 35, poses for a portrait at Reno’s Liquor store on Saturday, May, 9, 2020 in the Dogpatch district of San Francisco, California.
8) Bernard Lewis, 61, poses for a photograph on his recycling route for Recology in the Sunnyside neighborhood of San Francisco, California on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

09/01/2021

Customers are more likely to purchase and recommend a product, service or business if they have an emotional connection or experience with the brand. And now more than ever, emotional connection is extremely important.

Your brand will thrive and maintain a legacy if you create this emotional connection. Here are 7 tips for you on how you can make it happen: