By Taylor Owens CONTENT MARKETING LEAD
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Located in the new Wildlands commercial units in the Northeast Neighborhood of Bozeman, Open Studio Collective has taken up residence and is offering a variety of design services to the area. Founded by Allison Bryan, a licensed architect with a passion for diverse mediums and project types, the firm seamlessly blends architecture, interiors, branding and more under one roof.
“We consider ourselves a multidisciplinary firm,” Bryan said. “We do interiors, architecture, and brand, kind of a soup-to-nuts approach, where we’d like to do storytelling through our work. We’ve done a lot of restaurants and distilleries, and we do residential, commercial, architecture and design.”
Bryan is a multidisciplinary designer with over 24 years of experience, and her journey to founding Open Studio Collective is as diverse as the firm’s portfolio.
“I had actually been working at Nike for many years,” she said. “I was working as an architect doing global retail design, but I really wanted to get into product design. And I’d always been multidisciplinary. I went to undergrad for graphic design and graduate school for architecture. So, I’d always wanted to do multiple types of design and different mediums. But it was at Nike where I really couldn’t leave my lane. I very much had to stay in my lane.”
The birth of her daughter was a pivotal moment for Bryan. “When I left, and I left because I had my daughter and wanted to spend more time with her, I basically named it Open Studio because I wanted to be open to different technologies and mediums of design,” she explained. “So, the idea is really this, where we embrace every project and every type of project. And we take it all, we treat every product small or large the same, whether it’s a logo or a $40 million commercial building.”
Open Studio Collective prides itself on its diverse team and collaborative ethos.
“We have all types of different designers on the team, architects, interior designers, and graphic designers,” Bryan said. “It’s really about being open to project types and relationships and connecting with people.”
Sharing a space with Echo Arts, Open Studio Collective invites the community to explore both the gallery and the design office.
“This neighborhood has so much character,” Bryan said. “We love it. We love the Northeast Neighborhood and obviously the proximity to nature, but also kind of the warehouse-y feel and tight-knit neighborhood. And then the creativity piece within the neighborhood, there’s galleries everywhere. We love the activity coming out of Fink’s and Wild Crumb.”
Looking ahead, Bryan envisions deeper integration with the local community.
“We have openings all the time when new artists come in through Echo Arts,” she said. “So our doors are always open.”
Find out more about Open Studio Collective at openstudiocollective.com.
