Studio Rock City is a multi-disciplinary creative studio located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. We realize ideas across a wide range of focuses and scales from books, art installations, photography, branding, films, artworks and more, through creative and art direction, strategy, design and production.
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1) Studio
Studio Rock City is a multi-disciplinary creative studio located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. We are a two person team who collaborate with a diverse and mixed team of creatives. We realize ideas across a wide range of focuses and scales from books, art installations, photography, branding, films, artworks and more, through creative and art direction, strategy, design and production.
2) Approach
We play with words and images to shape meaning, challenge established traditions, investigate popular visual culture and design new visual languages that comment on our present moment. We strive to use space, objects, words and images to explore and promote relevance, inclusivity, equality and democracy. Our approach is informed by our location in the Catskill Mountains, its history, ecology and unique social context. We try not to impose our view of reality onto anyone else: We are neither didactic nor dogmatic. We are working towards an intersectional model for our Studio, our Family, and our Community.
We recognize that a project is formed by a confluence of influences and contexts from the client/user, the designer/maker and from the context/site or location, time and culture. All these things together combine to create a projects outcome. As such we priorities collaboration and work to incorporate all POVs into a project solution.
We play with words and images to shape meaning, challenge established traditions, investigate popular visual culture and design new visual languages that comment on our present moment. We strive to use space, objects, words and images to explore and promote relevance, inclusivity, equality and democracy. Our approach is informed by our location in the Catskill Mountains, its history, ecology and unique social context. We try not to impose our view of reality onto anyone else: We are neither didactic nor dogmatic. We are working towards an intersectional model for our Studio, our Family, and our Community.
We recognize that a project is formed by a confluence of influences and contexts from the client/user, the designer/maker and from the context/site or location, time and culture. All these things together combine to create a projects outcome. As such we priorities collaboration and work to incorporate all POVs into a project solution.
We play with words and images to shape meaning, challenge established traditions, investigate popular visual culture and design new visual languages that comment on our present moment. We strive to use space, objects, words and images to explore and promote relevance, inclusivity, equality and democracy. Our approach is informed by our location in the Catskill Mountains, its history, ecology and unique social context. We try not to impose our view of reality onto anyone else: We are neither didactic nor dogmatic. We are working towards an intersectional model for our Studio, our Family, and our Community.
A note about this website. This is not intended as an archive site. It is a curated collection of no more than six commercial and eight research projects. The projects are updated each month. If you would like to see a broader range of our work (as a downloadable Pdf) place contact us via email.
We recognize that a project is formed by a confluence of influences and contexts from the client/user, the designer/maker and from the context/site or location, time and culture. All these things together combine to create a projects outcome. As such we priorities collaboration and work to incorporate all POVs into a project solution.
We love to play with words and images to shape meaning, challenge established traditions, investigate popular visual culture and design new visual languages that comment on our present moment. We strive to use space, objects, words and images to explore and promote relevance, inclusivity, equality and democracy. Our approach is informed by our location in the Catskill Mountains, its history, ecology and unique social context. We try not to impose our view of reality onto anyone else: We are neither didactic nor dogmatic. We are working towards an intersectional model for our Studio, our Family, and our Community.
A note about this website. This is not intended as an archive site. It is a curated collection of no more than six commercial and eight research projects. The projects are updated each month. If you would like to see a broader range of our work (as a downloadable Pdf) place contact us via email.
3) Our team
Winona Barton-Ballentine is a third generation Catskills native, Winona was raised exploring homes in the Hudson Valley. She received a BA and an MFA in photography from Bard College, and after living in NYC for 10 years, settled in Woodstock, NY, where she has been photographing people and places since 2014.
Winona Barton-Ballentine is a third generation Catskills native, Winona was raised exploring homes in the Hudson Valley. She received a BA and an MFA in photography from Bard College, and after living in NYC for 10 years, settled in Woodstock, NY, where she has been photographing people and places since 2014.
Duncan Hamilton is an artist, graphic designer, and design educator based in Woodstock, New York. He has a broad creative practice that covers a wide range of commercial and self-initiated design projects. He works across disciplines producing books, posters, typefaces, and visual identities as well as curated exhibitions, web projects, mobile platforms, music, and video. He is the co-founder of Poetics Lab, a trans-disciplinary creative initiative at Pratt Institute, where he is Professor of Design.
Duncan Hamilton is an artist, graphic designer, and design educator based in Woodstock, New York. He has a broad creative practice that covers a wide range of commercial and self-initiated design projects. He works across disciplines producing books, posters, typefaces, and visual identities as well as curated exhibitions, web projects, mobile platforms, music, and video. He is the co-founder of Poetics Lab, a trans-disciplinary creative initiative at Pratt Institute, where he is Professor of Design.
Duncan Hamilton is an artist, graphic designer, and design educator based in Woodstock, New York. He has a broad creative practice that covers a wide range of commercial and self-initiated design projects. He works across disciplines producing books, posters, typefaces, and visual identities as well as curated exhibitions, web projects, mobile platforms, music, and video. He is the co-founder of Poetics Lab, a trans-disciplinary creative initiative at Pratt Institute, where he is Professor of Design.
4) Services
Art Direction
Animation
Branding
Brand Strategy
Strategy
Strategy
Consultancy
Copywriting
Illustration
Installation
Interactive
Mural Design
Packaging
Photography
Concepts
Digital Design
Digital Design
Digital Design
Environmental
Environment
Environment
Environment
Exhibition
Film & Video
Identity
Production
Social
Styling
Web Design
Illustration
Installation
Interactive
Mural Design
Packaging
Photography
Production
Social Strategy
Social
Social Content
Styling
Web Design
5) Selected clients
5) Selected clients
Adidas
Arts Council
Arielle De Pinto
Arielle De Pinto
Arielle De Pinto
Arielle De Pinto
AD
BBC
Graphic Mag
Madre
Nike
No.6 Store
Printed Matter
Columbia Uni
Chronogram
Dexter Sinister
Dwell
Frieze Projects
Poetics Lab
Urban Outfitters
Walker AC
Westreich AA
WTVR
Graphic Magazine
Graphic Mag
Madre
Madre
Nike
No.6 Store
Printed Matter
Poetics Lab
Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters
Walker Art Center
Walker AC
Walker AC
Westreich AA
WTVR