A prestige marketing house. Toronto.
Est. 2012 · 43.67° N
Brands that catch the light.
A Toronto marketing house for brands that expect to be looked at. Strategy, identity, campaigns, film, digital and media, made with restraint and delivered with force.
Selected clients since 2012
A deliberately short list
The house
Founded 2012, Yorkville. Forty-one people. Three studios.

Most marketing is loud because it is afraid. We were founded on the opposite instinct: that the brands people remember are the ones that never had to raise their voice. Fourteen years, three studios and a deliberately short client list later, we still take on only the work we can make conspicuous.
- 01
Restraint is a form of confidence.
The brands people remember never had to raise their voice. We would rather say one true thing beautifully than ten things loudly.
- 02
Proof before polish.
Every idea is argued with evidence first. Research, interviews, the numbers nobody wants to look at. Then, and only then, the craft.
- 03
Nothing leaves the house unfinished.
Four partners sign off on every piece of work. If it is not ready, it is not late. It is not done.
Selected work
All workWhat we do
Six disciplines, one house, no hand-offs.
Partners
Four partners sign every piece of work.
- 2012
- Founded, Yorkville
- 3
- Studios
- 41
- People
- 27
- Industry awards
Founding Partner, StrategyMargaux Delisle
Montréal-born, Toronto-made. Spent nine years at Sid Lee and a year writing a novel before co-founding Éclat in 2012. Still writes every position the house takes.
Founding Partner, CreativeJonah Whitfield
Formerly executive creative director at Zulu Alpha Kilo. Believes the second draft is where most agencies stop and the fifth is where the work begins.
Partner, DesignThéo Lambert
Joined from Paris in 2021 to lead identity and digital. Draws every typeface proposal by hand before anyone opens a computer.
Partner, Growth & MediaDesmond Achebe
Built the media practice in 2024 after a decade on the client side. Reads the measurement model before he reads the creative.
Toronto--:--
77 Hazelton Avenue, Yorkville
Since 2012. Headquarters. Strategy, identity, digital.Paris--:--
12 Rue de Marignan, 8e
Since 2019. Campaigns and film for European houses.Los Angeles--:--
1040 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice
Since 2024. Film unit and automotive.
Recognition
Twenty-seven awards. We keep eight on the wall.
The rest are in a drawer in Yorkville. Awards are a by-product of the work, never the brief.
- 2026The One ShowMerit · IntegratedHalden Motors
- 2025Cannes LionsSilver · Film CraftChâteau Perrin
- 2025ADCC AwardsGold · Brand IdentityAubade Hotels
- 2024D&ADWood Pencil · PhotographyMaison Rouault
- 2024AwwwardsSite of the DayOsterman & Vale
- 2023Marketing AwardsBest in ShowNorthwind Residences
- 2022Applied ArtsWinner · Brand FilmKestrel Spirits
- 2021ADCC AwardsSilver · DigitalMeridian Gallery
Journal
All writing- August 14, 20266 min

The end of the loud brand
For a decade the winning move was volume. The market has quietly changed its mind.
- May 2, 20265 min

Restraint is a growth strategy
Notes from the media practice on buying less and being seen more.
- February 19, 20268 min

Notes on a rebrand: Aubade
How four hotels became one idea, and what we nearly got wrong.
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