What happens before the finished piece? Before the paint dries. Before the mural is photographed. Before the jacket is worn on stage. Before the work becomes “the work.” That’s where Study Hall begins. In the first episode of our new documentary series, we step inside the world of Lugosis and Strato—twin artists from Italy, now based in Berlin—whose creative practice moves effortlessly between drawing, painting, fashion, sculpture, and installation. Their work doesn’t belong to a single discipline. Instead, every surface becomes part of the same visual language.
We follow them through their studio and across Berlin as ideas take shape in real time. Sketches spread across a table become painted jackets, custom objects, hand-built guitar straps, and a large-scale mural. Throughout the episode, the brothers work with Montana GOLD and Montana BLACK spray paint, using the different characteristics of each range to move between detailed studio pieces and large-scale mural work. Along the way, we see conversations, experiments, mistakes, unexpected turns, and the quiet moments that usually stay behind closed doors.
One of the final stops leads to the delivery of a custom mural created for MGK—but the destination isn’t really the point.
The process is. Study Hall isn’t interested in polished highlight reels or perfectly packaged stories. It’s about the work that happens before anyone is watching. The routines, instincts, and decisions that slowly transform an idea into something tangible. It’s about understanding that creativity isn’t linear, and that every finished piece carries the history of countless small choices.
About Study Hall. Study Hall is a documentary series exploring artists, creative process, and the spaces where ideas become real. We spend time with creatives before the final product exists—inside studios, backstage, on the street, and wherever work is being made. From painting and fashion to music, design, internet culture, and everything in between, Study Hall is driven by curiosity. It’s about asking better questions, embracing experimentation, and remembering that no matter how experienced we become, we’re all still learning.
Because everyone is always a student.
Images by SAMCAHILL