Why We Keep Our Office

If you’ve been to our office in the Arts District of DTLA, you know that it's a place that’s special to us. We’ve made the effort to make it feel like our own — including filling the walls with art from the creatives we admire, like photographer Phil Stern, local artist and Funkhaus friend Seth Armstrong, and the paintings and kites of Nick’s late father, David Dies. We think that even in a digital-first world, a physical space still matters.

The Power of Creative Exchange

When the Funkhaus team is in the room together, we have the ability to share ideas and riff on them face to face. Countless unexpected solutions have come to us via spontaneous conversation, the kind we aren’t as likely to have over Slack. We've found that our ideas are only improved when we can turn to each other and troubleshoot in real time.

Proximity Makes for a Better Product

Again, being together helps us get to our best ideas — not only does that mean we uncover new possibilities more quickly, it means we hit on the strongest ones, with the most staying power. We can technically do what we do remotely, yes. But we have found that our time spent together only serves to improve the quality of what we ultimately deliver. In short, we keep an office because it makes our work better. It matters that our designers and developers are able to work closely together, reviewing code and finessing each pixel in unison. In this space, we act as a team, cultivating a social connection that happens spontaneously, organically, and frequently, no time or planning required.

Creativity Needs a Dedicated Space

As much as we value the ability to work flexibly, sometimes we really need a place to get things done that’s not our home office or kitchen table. Our office is exactly that — a container for creative focus. When we come through these doors, we’re able to tune out the rest of the world, tune in to our creativity, and find our flow.