Creating visuals that have a voice.
STUDIO 56 is a full service branding firm, from word to image.
Our approach is grounded in what you want to say. We conduct market and brand positioning research before we begin designing.
We create logos and visual identities. We also handle copywriting, web design and development, social media content creation and strategy, film production, advertising campaigns, email design, motion design, and sound editing. We manage a range of print collateral and physical merchandise at various scales.
As a creative-founded firm, we are a team of designers, directors, developers, filmmakers, photographers, and copywriters. We collaborate with talent from all over the world, from the US and Europe to Asia and South America.
Our clients include venture capital funds; startups in the health, tech, and energy spaces; established international luxury brands; films, musicians, artists; and more. Selected clients include Cartier, a16z, Congruent Ventures, and Only the Good Survive, a film that was the official selection of SXSW in 2023.
Client List
a16z
Alayna Wiley
Alexei Borovik Ballet
Andrew Lang Sculpture
Arianna Simpson Partners
Benchstar
Calyxia
Cartier
Cecilia Dunoyer
Congruent Ventures
Dana Ray
Daily Thermetrics
Elephant Energy
Emily Drinker
ever/body
Fédération Française des Professionnels en Danse Ancienne
Functional Medicine & Wellness
Hannah Comia
Healing Sanctuary Exton
HEC Tech Club
Inès Dieleman
Isabel Hagen
Jefferson Berry
JIRO
Loncar Gems
Lydian
Mad Rose
Metropolitan Makers
No Required Reading
On a String Film
Only the Good Survive Film
Orchid or Kid Play
Rob Tait
The Naked Sun
The Pelvic Room
U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
Virgils
Youba Cissokho
Yves Saint Laurent
91 Teal
Lisa Lotito
Founder + Creative Director
Lisa believes in clear, elegant, and bold design.
She founded STUDIO 56 after a decade of working in communications and branding. She previously worked with the agency Futurama.Luxury in Paris where she had the role of an assistant art director on projects for Yves Saint Laurent, Cartier, and photographer Inès Dieleman. Prior to her work in Paris, Lisa worked with Kristin Sommese of Sommese Design.
Lisa speaks French and has a master’s in Art Direction from Penninghen in Paris. She studied languages and history, working in communications for five years before moving to design. She is the host of the podcast NFT FOR TWO, a conversation with creatives, and is the artist // AEGEAN. Lisa’s art is in private collections in New York and Paris and has been exhibited in the U.S., France, and Hungary.
Playlists
22 RUE
Tame Impala.
23H
Saturday night coastal R&B drive.
65 DEGREES
June Vejas.
90.
Hip hop and R&B from the 90s / early 00s.
BALLET
Carmen, La Dame aux camélias, and more.
CLASSIQUE
The greats of violin and piano.
ESSENCE
Afrobeats.
FEMME
Striding.
FREE
Dopamine.
FLOW
Create.
GETZ/GILBERTO
OG bossa nova.
GUITARRA
Motorcycle ride through Barcelona.
HEAT WAVE
Moon breeze.
I’LL BE THERE
New disco.
LA TEMPERATURA
Salsa, bachata, merengue, and more.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
Drums, synth, guitar, and mountains.
LLUVIA
Rain sounds.
MINUIT
Midnight jazz.
NEW YORK
Subway jams.
NOVA VIDA
After party.
OUI
En route.
STEREO LOVE
Adrenaline.
SOUNDTRACK
Film gold.
THAT THING
60s and 70s.
QUARANTINE
Surviving Delta, Omicron, and all the waves.
WES MONTGOMERY
The man.
Lisa grew up listening to her grandfather’s and father’s records of Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, and Quincy Jones. She’s always looking for the next song. If there’s a track you think we should hear, send it to: info@studio56.xyz.