Ideas
consortia
Office
About
Consortia is a strategy and design office in New York City.

We develop new frameworks for communication around design, technology, and culture. We are interested in exploring how new ideas are created and their ability to shift and broaden perception.

Through hybrid structures for dialogue and thinking, we seek to build spaces where ideas can gather meaning and generate impact.

We work in partnership with Are.na, a platform for collaborative research, along with a network of artists, designers, and thinkers to develop multidisciplinary projects for institutions, brands, and other organizations.


Clients
  • Cultural
  • The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
  • Chicago Architecture Biennial
  • Graham Foundation
  • IDEAS CITY
  • MoMA P.S.1
  • New Museum
  • Venice Architecture Biennale

  • Brand
  • adidas
  • Apple
  • Audi
  • Louis Vuitton
  • Microsoft
  • Tumblr

  • Academic
  • California College of the Arts
  • Columbia University
  • Harvard University
People
Chris Barley
Founder
Chris has taught design courses at Columbia University and has led critiques at universities across the United States. He serves on the board of Docomomo US and has been selected by Surface Magazine as an emerging cultural influencer. His work and writing has been published internationally.
   


Christina Badal
Director
At Consortia, Christina develops and manages communications strategies. Recently, she participated as a Fellow at IdeasCity Arles and wrote about the museum boom in China for LEAP magazine. Previously, she was the Managing Editor of The Energy Issue, Columbia GSAPP's largest funded initiative, and worked at Storefront for Art and Architecture and Penguin Random House. She graduated from Columbia University in 2014, where she studied architecture.
   


Leo Shaw
Strategist
Leo focuses on research and editorial strategies across Consortia projects. He worked previously at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College, where he studied comparative urban history.
   


Contact
NEW INC
231 Bowery, Floor 2
NY, NY 10002

Interested in working with us?
Reach out at info@consortia.net.