The Humans' Best Friend Dog Bed by Open For Humans — The *Humans' Best Friend Dog Bed* by Open For Humans

Open For Humans Featured in Design Milk

Marni Mervis September 29, 2015

Those hairpin legs, tho.

Open For Humans has taken design to the dogs - quite literally. The Arts District-based design house's newest design, the Human’s Best Friend Dog Bed, was recently featured on Dog Milk and Design Milk. With its crazy modern aesthetic and unique handmade interlocking wood design, it's now so so easy to create a doggy alcove that's as modern and stylish as the rest of your home.

It might be for Fido, but it's kind of a show stopper. To learn more about the bed or place an order, contact Open For Humans.

Open For Humans Deco-Rates Echo Park

Marni Mervis August 27, 2015

We're so proud to unveil the latest work from our clients Open For Humans. The Arts District-based design house has completed a custom window installation for Echo Park stationery and gift boutique Shout and About. The "Califloridian" installation is an abstract interpretation of Miami Art Deco - an homage to the last blast of summer.

The fresh window display also helps celebrate "Sip and Shop," the latest pop-up event at Shout and About. On Thursday August 27, from 6pm-9pm, customers at Shout and About can shop the latest collections from Los Angeles artists Tuesday Bassen, Katie Dean, and Ashkahn while enjoying complementary wine and snacks.

Join us Thursday evening, come check out the new window display...and sip, or shop - or both in Echo Park!

History, Character, & Conflict: Echo Park Through A Lens

Marni Mervis July 24, 2015

STRUKTR was recently asked to participate in a photo documentary of Echo Park. Founder Marni Epstein-Mervis has helped to shine a light on many of the neighborhood's unique fixtures as an architectural writer, historic preservationist, and Echo Park resident. The photo-documentary captures Echo Park residents in and around the neighborhood places that have become most meaningful to them. For Marni that place was Echo Park's rare example of Art Deco architecture - a building which she has spent a great deal of time researching and writing about.

Echo Park is no stranger to photographers or film crews - Glendale Boulevard was home to some of Los Angeles' first movie studios, and in 2014, an eponymous film took over the neighborhood for its shoot. So what makes Echo Park a muse to so many?

The answer is almost too voluminous for photo-documentarian Andy House when he's asked to briefly characterize the neighborhood's appeal. "A sentence or two will be tough," he laments. "There are so many things to say." Echo Park's appeal is found, ultimately, in its diversity of population and topography. "From the wild birds on the lake, to the urban scene in the park and on Sunset Boulevard, and then up in hills where homes built along twisting webs of steep streets and stairways overlook downtown Los Angeles," he notes. This mutli-cultural, mutli-dimensional essence of Echo Park is present in every ounce of the neighborhood's history, architecture, people, sounds, and smells. It is all this that House aims to capture, and through an utterly humanistic lens.

Photos courtesy of Andy House

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/domvmoskve/17060446331/

Open For Humans. Open For Business.

Marni Mervis July 16, 2015

STRUKTR Studios is pleased to announce the official launch of Open For Humans.

The full-service design house, conceived in Florida and located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, is the collaborative effort from artist Melanie Ryan (The White Wall Gallery) + architect Todd Sussman (Macau's MGM Mansion, Disney's Golden Oak Residences). From interior design, to fixtures + signage, custom branding, and merchandising + curation, Open For Humans is redefining the human sensory experience in hotels, restaurants, workplaces, and public spaces with their signature Califloridian design sensibilities.

Meet The Makers

Melanie Ryan is a designer and maker for whom art has always been the greatest conduit for human connections. Open For Humans was borne out of her desire to channel her artistic abilities and marketing know-how into a single, human-centric outlet.

Todd Sussman has, for over a decade, been designing world-renowned resorts, public installations, and major retail and restaurant locations, infusing a number of renowned brands' retail spaces with a modern sensory experience. With Open For Humans, Todd is applying architectural principles to alternative design realms.

Visit The Studio

The duo are now crafting human-centric designs with a Califloridian sensibility. Get a sneak peek at what happens when an artist and an architect collaborate to design, build, and make to their own devices.

Click here to learn more about Open For Humans, or if you are interested in a collaboration.