Casey Neistat's movies are homegrown and downright eccentric, as if they were built from sticks and stones. And they're brilliant. Brilliant enough to capture the attention of The New York Times website and HBO's audience.

This is part one of a three-part video series taking you into Casey Neistat's studio. Everywhere you look, something tells a story. Neistat embraces an ethos of complete functionality, as you will see in the video below: