For the AKG N90Q, Harman's flagship headphone inspired by Quincy Jones, Preston Chaplin retouched and composited the campaign's key art: sepia portraits of Jones across his career, layered with handwritten scores and the gold Q of the headphone itself. The files were built for outdoor billboards, so artwork this textured had to hold every scratch and stave at building scale. Three pieces from the campaign: the launch art, "Listen to Your Vision" and the "Personalize Your Sound" banner.

  • Client

    AKG (Harman)

  • Year

    2015

  • Roles

    Retoucheur Créatif, Retoucheur Photo

Preston

Photographer

Preston

Photographer

Publications and awards

New Home (Google, Super Bowl LX, 2026): No. 1 in the Kellogg School's Super Bowl Advertising Review Loretta (Google, Super Bowl LIV, 2020): rated the most effective ad of Super Bowl LIV Planning a Quick Getaway? (Google, 2025): covered by MediaPost, 9to5Google and Android Central as Google's first fully AI-generated ad Positive Sum (Emerson Collective): retouching for every volume of the annual magazine

Brands

Google, YouTube, Rolex, Estée Lauder, Clinique, Calvin Klein, Victoria's Secret, BMW, SkinCeuticals, Sally Hansen, Dunhill, Harman Kardon, Don Julio, Absolut, Emerson Collective

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