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The Circle: A Creative Studio

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A creative studio architecting cultural gravity for brands and artists. ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ.
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“The Unhinged Casting Call” for Unhinged: We hosted a casting call to be the face of a new caffeine + protein bar. The further you went… the further you went.

Launched now, but keep your eyes peeled for individual case files beginning to roll out this week.

Massive congrats to our friends at @always_unhinged on the launch, and all the love for the trust, the laughs, and the ridiculousness along the way.

All the love to @shaynielsencasting. An idea like this is only as good as the people who want to be a part of it, and there was no better partner in crime.

Eternal gratitude to @alexanderevanmorales at @trimediting for the extraordinary body of work, and ensuring that the energy on-screen mirrored what was happening behind it.

To our friends at @blacksmithvfx, for turning what we captured into something we didn’t know we had.

And what can be said of @barkingowl_, who gave us an absolute banger that’s now perpetually stuck in our heads.

Directors: @artripoli, @herelieshunter, @jephburton
DoP: Anthony Tripoli on double duty
Creative Directors: @herelieshunter & @jephburton at @the.circle.creative
Casting: @shaynielsencasting
Production Design: @mazefrance
Sr. Producer: @olimcavoy
Production Co: @noted.collective
Editor: @alexanderevanmorales
Edit House: @trimediting
Music & Sound: @barkingowl_
Color & VFX: @terrysimp at @blacksmithvfx
Wardrobe: @cc_looo
HMU: @alextbeauty

Photo: @brendanwixtedphoto
(Lots more coming soon. 👹)

Starring:
@belladeleon.wav
@callmemalia
@tendergrease
@reaganlg67
@ecook.mp4
@dianebrittsmith
@marcusrs.x
@isaac_nevrla
@mikaylaburtonn
@cscotttt
@kevharrington
@itskamariam
@lofiamericana
@dustindgrant
@lulu.moo.moo
@willsladd
@m.illimartinez
@bboyfu_official
@myleskerch
@frolight95
@madisonn_lynch
@j.hvff
@spacelordnova
@bryanmntz
@immachojob
@rileyhundleywoodell
@thekadencarson
@brinkxmusic
@rebecca.rapoport.cole
@gifterferr
@katevitamin
@kylie.alexandra
@hannnahgrigg
@kristalyngill
@isid.or
@401kaleb
@campbellmoon_
@ssam_gracee
@dolly_lowe

Full credits coming soon. by @the.circle.creative

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𝙴𝚢𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎. 👁️ What an honor to celebrate a year of astounding creativity as a Grand Jury member at the 2026 CICLOPE Festival. Entries are open, so get those beautiful pieces of work in, and follow @ciclopefestival for the latest!

What I’m most excited to see this year is just how far the envelope was pushed—in a time when the envelope was getting lighter for all of us. Because the best work doesn’t just take talent, it takes resilience (this is true of people, too, btw).

CICLOPE has always honored the making as much as the made, and I’m so excited to cut it up with the extraordinarily inspiring jury and all the brains (and the spines and the hands) behind the world’s very best work.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, @ciclopefestival!

📷: @artripoli by @the.circle.creative

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Contributing piece for @rizzolibooks’ FILA TIMELAPSE. An enormous thanks to the brilliant Angelo Flaccavento for the opportunity to put pen to paper. by @the.circle.creative

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 #𝟶𝟶𝟷: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 details. One size makes a misfit of all. by @the.circle.creative

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Another day, another jaunt. Co-founder @jephburton heads to @thestonewallinn for a refreshing seltzer. And while he’s there, ponders the difference between chasing attention—and pulling from a tension. taken in The Stonewall Inn by @the.circle.creative

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 #𝟶𝟶𝟷: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 — The beginning of a series of experiments in putting text to textile.

The first, a study in the difference between chasing attention, and pulling from a tension.

More to say soon… by @the.circle.creative

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Excited to be judging Music Videos & Commercials at The 2026 @eyecannndy Awards. 👏 Big thanks @jacobi . Everyone, I’ll be accepting bribes in the form of iced coffees & industry gossip. by @the.circle.creative

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I’ll be judging 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠 𝔙𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔬𝔰 and 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 at The 2026 @eyecannndy Awards.

A very heartfelt and emotional thanks to @jacobi for the opportunity to shine a light on some of our favorite artists. by @the.circle.creative

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It’s never been a better time to be a creative, and no, our co-founder @jephburton hasn’t lost the plot entirely. Just his helmet.

The reason being, very simply, this: You’re more than your output. taken in Central Park by @the.circle.creative

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𝚃𝙸𝚃𝙻𝙴: On the Gravitational Properties of—er, Syrup

𝙰𝙱𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃: It gets found.

𝙼𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙾𝙳𝙾𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚈: Make it worth finding.

𝚁𝙴𝚂𝚄𝙻𝚃𝚂: See abstract.

𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙲𝚄𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽: While the looking has evolved with new variables, terminologies, and on several occasions entirely new departments, the finding has remained consistent throughout. It hasn’t complicated. It has simply sat there, as it always does, waiting to for everyone to come back around again.

𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙲𝙻𝚄𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽: Make the thing worth having. Everything else arranges itself around that.

𝙵𝚄𝚁𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷: None required. Further questions can be directed to the syrup. by @the.circle.creative

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A very massive thank you to @addisoncapper at @lbbonline for giving us an opportunity to speak on @the.circle.creative’s mission, and to rant a bit about being millennials. (“I’m young for my age,” stresses co-founder @herelieshunter.) by @the.circle.creative

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⭕️ (sur-kuhl) n. The universal shorthand for: “this one. Right here. No, not that one. This one.” by @the.circle.creative

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