Hi there –
Happy New Year! As we celebrate what’s possible in 2025, we continue to reflect on our intentions and goals. We like to choose a word for each new year, and this year, the word is “focus.”
To OSC, focus means:
Our time, and how we spend it, reflects our values. We make time for what matters, personally and professionally.
Quality over quantity, particularly when it comes to matters of design, and the clients and partners we work with.
Showing up fully for our clients, the team, and the studio we are building.
Celebrating our achievements.
Regarding that last one, the OSC team has been reflecting on what we have accomplished this year with the support of many. Perhaps good things come in fives, because we designed five new single family homes and five single family renovations this year. On the commercial side, we also hit that magic number five, working on projects that included a music venue and the workspace of a major brand. Additionally, we designed three large-scale mixed use buildings and four brand identity projects, including a couple that included packaging and brand experiences. We worked in four different states and six cities, all while opening a flagship office in my adopted hometown of Bozeman, Montana.
Office kitchen backsplash at OSC, featuring Nothing Twice mugs by Georgia Barnett. Photo by Blair Speed.
An award-winning backsplash we designed was featured in The New York Times.
In December, we documented a number of exciting projects. I’m grateful to Bozeman’s Blair Speed for shooting our office, co-located with the women-owned gallery Echo Arts. We also hosted Kaitlin Green from Portland to shoot several local projects to be published soon, as well as updating our team photos. More to come as we launch our rebrand later this year.
Copper backsplash at the Lowell Court Remodel in Portland, OR. Photo by Kaitlin Green.
All of our hard work earned recognition in some of the top publications in our industry, including Dwell last October, a feature Q&A in Archinect, and most recently over the holidays, an interview with The Fix column in the New York Times. The New York Times article advises homeowners on how to select a backsplash that can be the star of your kitchen, and featured one of our past projects from Portland, OR.
A renewed and energized focus on our design efforts will help us nurture the human experience in 2025. We look forward to each of you being part of our journey, and I hope to see you on the slopes this season.
To an intentional year ahead,
Allison Bryan & the OSC Team