About

OUR PROCESS

Los Angeles based STUDIO UNLTD is an award- winning hospitality design firm equally adept at the varied disciplines of interior architecture, architecture, furniture, and lighting. We listen carefully to our client's needs and wishes to create spaces that work for them -- functional, comfortable and beautiful. We understand that the heart of a project is generated from the client, and we look at ourselves as a means of transforming those ideas into a successful and tangible manifestation of a concept. We love working with passionate people; whether it be clients, trade consultants, artisans, world class chefs, barmen, or tastemakers. Our unique collaborative approach allows for an effective cross-pollination of ideas, and our strong relationships with trade professionals enable us to bring a broad range of resources to our projects from the earliest stages of ideation through to construction. 

OUR SERVICES

• Interior Design

• Architecture

• Lighting Design

• FF&E Procurement

• Concept Development

• Sourcing & Specification

• Location Assessment

• Location Test Fits

• Custom Furniture & Lighting
  

Your Team

GREG BLEIER, iida, ncidq
founding principal

Greg, a native of New York City, New York, earned a B.A. in studio arts from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in interior design from the University of Cincinnati before relocating to Los Angeles, where he founded Studio UNLTD. The firm quickly developed a specialty in custom hospitality design. “I got into this field because of restaurant design,” he says. “I worked at a restaurant in college that really resonated with me. It was very popular and had a fantastic culture, much of which was captured in its design.” Partly, Greg thinks, because of a talent for building long-lasting relationships with clients, the studio has designed multiple restaurants for chefs who have become friends. “It’s important to design a holistic space and understand its emotional impact on the end users,” while developing pragmatic and elegant solutions to the challenges a space presents.  Another thing Greg is sure of: five o’clock in the morning is not too early for a pub date with other soccer enthusiasts if it’s an important match.

TERRI ROBISON
principal/design director

“Growing up on a farm in central Montana taught me a lot about hard work,” Terri says. She left the farm to earn a degree in interior design at Montana State University-Bozeman, then headed for Los Angeles and warmer climes. “I believe this gave me my entrepreneurial spirit and led me to open a custom furniture factory in LA. I learned, through trial and error, a lot about running a business when I owned Against the Grain Furniture--and I had a lot of fun designing numerous lines of furniture.” Ask her what her greatest contribution to the studio’s work is and she will tell you that she likes to solve problems and focus on “the little details that I believe create a more thoughtful design.” Take a seat under the hanging gardens at 189 by Dominique Ansel and you will know immediately that someone at Studio UNLTD loves to be surrounded by nature. That would be Terri.

TABITHA ERHARDT
MARKETING/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

“I see all sides of a business,” Tabitha says. “I am interested in understanding and supporting the narrative of a company from the smallest detail to the larger picture.  And I have a real passion for hospitality." She started working in a family restaurant at the age of 14, learning the business from the ground up in Austin’s thriving food scene. At Studio UNLTD, she combines her keen interest in restaurants, design and business management, shepherding the practice’s business development, operations and marketing in collaboration with the partners. Tabitha throws herself into every project—including the outdoor adventures she seeks in her free time, such as canyoneering and snowboarding.

becky becheanu
designer/lighting

Baltimore>DC>NYC>LA. Becky’s route as a designer started with a BS in architecture at the University of Maryland and progressed to earning a master’s degree in architecture and an MFA in lighting design at the Parsons School of Design. “I enjoy buildings things by hand—furniture and lighting, especially,” she says. As she tackles a project, her goal is to understand the impact of lighting on a space and to tailor the perfect lighting solution for it. She might have an especially soft spot for her work at Tatsu Ramen NYC, where, she says, she had the opportunity “to push the lighting design more than usual.”

CECILIA MARTINEZ | DESIGNER

CDMX>NYC>LA.  A native of Mexico City who studied industrial design at the Universidad Iboamericana before getting an MFA in interior design at Parsons School of Design, Ceci describes herself as a builder and maker – partly, she says, because hands-on exploration and experimentation are essential elements of her design process.  Working for a furniture manufacturer in Mexico City, she traveled the country visiting artisans in small workshops as well as larger production facilities, a journey that exposed her to a broad range of materials and techniques.  But it was her experience working for a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of traditional Mayan techniques, such as backstrap loom weaving and carving in materials like horn, where she discovered that her passion for design is “fueled by a deep empathy for people and a desire to connect with them through my work.”

KRISTY VELASCO, Aia, ncARB
PROJECT ARCHITECT

Kristy moved from her native Miami to Los Angeles in 2010 and obtained a degree from SCI-Arc in 2013. A licensed architect in California (and Florida) and a member of AIA and NCARB, she brings an impressive set of skills to Studio UNLTD. Among her many duties, Kristy oversees SU projects from pre-design through construction, is the resident Revit guru, and maintains the drawing and detail standards of the office. “My design sensibility,” she says, “is defined by the meticulous use of materiality, adaptive spatial organization and the honest expression of function. I find beauty in the way space is used.” Or, as her Instagram account says, “I make things. Mostly out of steel and wood but sometimes batter.”

bridgette marso
designer/project MANAGEr

Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bridgette has lived in Australia and South Africa and has visited more than 50 countries. She moved to Los Angeles in 2010, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from SCI-Arc. Before joining Studio UNLTD, her primary focus was affordable housing, which, she says, gave her a good grasp on “architecture’s ability to frame opportunities for informal social interaction.” In her free time, Bridgette frequents art galleries and goes surfing. “I try to surf every place I travel to, even though surfing is very hard and I am still very much a beginner.”

GWYNNE OAKEY | DESIGNER

Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, Gwynne was always interested in art. “I loved to draw and paint.  In high school, I worked for a retired architect on his house projects.  Observing his process of experimentation and creativity I discovered how beautiful you could make the world around you with imagination and simple materials.”  After receiving her bachelor’s degree in interior design in 2011 at Western Carolina University, she moved to the West Coast where she worked on a wide range of high-end residential and hospitality projects, including the W Hotel in Rome, Italy.  At Studio UNLTD, she enjoys exploring the identity of her projects and crafting a vision around it.  In her free time, Gwynne likes to work on what she thinks of as a living art project – her home!