About
Peacham is a journal and design studio that makes history cool. We publish stories and create products that bring us closer to our past.
A 1980 adaptation of Henry Peacham’s 1577 rhetorical manual, The Garden of Eloquence. Photograph by Ethan Herrington.
Peacham publishes long-form editorial content that explores a host of subjects including historic preservation, architecture, typography, and music history. We also collaborate with leading nonprofits, cultural institutions, and other purpose-driven organizations. Our goal is to expand their reach with engaging, thoughtfully made products.
The journal takes its name from Henry Peacham, a sixteenth-century author whose book The Garden of Eloquence translated principles of classical rhetoric into the English vernacular.
Peacham was founded by Christopher James Devine in 2023. To learn more, please contact us.
Our Team
Christopher James Devine
Founder, Creative Director
Christopher Devine founded Peacham in 2023. Previously, he was the Marketing Director at The Brooklyn Studio, an architecture firm committed to restoring and enhancing New York City’s historic fabric.
Christopher also spent seven years working for the Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen, where he managed brand marketing and public relations for the North American markets.
He is a member of the Dictionary Society of North America and the American Printing History Association. He lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife and son. He is a graduate of Vassar College.
Justin Boening
Director of Strategy
Justin Boening joined Peacham in 2025. For the past eight years, he’s worked with industry-leading brands, including Lutron Electronics and Bang & Olufsen.
An accomplished poet, Justin authored Not on the Last Day, but on the Very Last, winner of the 2015 National Poetry Series, and Self-Portrait as Missing Person, recipient of a Poetry Society of America National Chapbook Fellowship. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly.
Co-founding editor of Horsethief Books with his wife, poet Devon Walker-Figueroa, Justin has taught at Columbia University and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He holds a BA in English from the University of Montana and an MFA from Columbia. He divides his time between Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia.
Credits
- Peacham Wordmark
Frere-Jones Type - Product Photography
Ethan Herrington - Hedcut Illustration
Bonnie Gayle Morril - Typography
This website is typeset in Empirica, Mallory, and Intel One Mono by Frere-Jones Type
Credits
- Peacham Wordmark
Frere-Jones Type - Product Photography
Ethan Herrington - Hedcut Illustration
Bonnie Gayle Morril - Typography
This website is typeset in Empirica, Mallory, and Intel One Mono by Frere-Jones Type
Copyright notice
The materials on this website are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, transmitted, posted, published, or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Peacham LLC. This includes personal, non-commercial use. For more information, please contact us.
Copyright notice
The materials on this website are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, transmitted, posted, published, or distributed in any form without prior written permission from Peacham LLC. This includes personal, non-commercial use. For more information, please contact us.