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About the studio

It starts below the surface.

We hold a brand end to end. Naming, identity, packaging and the site it lands on, run by the people who pitched it. No account layer, no handoff, no waiting.

Brands we've built with
tasc Performance |
Harbor & Vine |
Bayou Botanics |
Fieldnote Coffee |
Rivet Athletic |
Meridian Rum |
Crescent Cycles |
Salt & Stave |
tasc Performance |
Harbor & Vine |
Bayou Botanics |
Fieldnote Coffee |
Rivet Athletic |
Meridian Rum |
Crescent Cycles |
Salt & Stave |
01

The founder

Robert Carissimo
Robert Carissimo
Founder & Creative Director

Twenty-five years building brands for companies like Harley-Davidson, Jeep, Fox Racing, and EA Sports, plus leading in-house creative teams through full rebrands, new product launches, and channel growth. One rebrand took a regional event from 27,000 visitors to more than 78,000. Another consolidated a fractured product line into a single brand across two countries.

That range is how Groundswell works now: strategy, identity, packaging, and a shipped site, handled end to end, backed by custom automation systems that cut production time without cutting corners.

“Most brands don't need more. They need one thing said well, everywhere.”
12
Years
280+
Projects shipped
40+
Brands built with
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What we do

01

Brand identity

A brand does not need noise to get noticed, it needs weight. The mark, the palette, the type, and the guide that holds it together.

02

Digital & web design

Sites either pull people in or let them slip past. We design the UI and UX, then build it out.

03

Print & packaging

Some things need to be held to be believed. Packaging, merchandise, brochures and editorial built for that moment.

04

Motion & content

Attention is earned, not chased. Motion graphics, animation and social with enough pull to stop a scroll.

05

Marketing & strategy

Reach without direction is just noise. Strategy first, then advertising, media buying and the social work that carries it.