By the Roomhints Editorial Team Published as part of the weekly "Studio Visit" series. Main Facts The contemporary interior design landscape has long enforced a rigid, unspoken binary upon growing families: your home can either be aesthetically curated for adult sensibilities, or it can be practically outfitted to survive the chaotic demands of raising young…
By the Roomhints Editorial Team | Designer Spotlight Series Main Facts In the upper echelon of American residential architecture and interior design, few practitioners possess the cross-disciplinary mastery of Jerry Jacobs. Operating out of Belvedere-Tiburon, California, Jacobs has spent more than four decades shaping the physical spaces inhabited by the discerning elite. His portfolio spans…
DÜSSELDORF — In an era dominated by rapid industrial scaling, digital rendering, and fleeting aesthetic trends, a quiet counter-revolution is taking place inside a workshop in Düsseldorf, Germany. Founded by an interdisciplinary collective of visual artists and master craftspeople, Case Studios has emerged as a formidable voice in contemporary product design, interior architecture, and artistic…
Main Facts In the industrial waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, a 7,000-square-foot workshop hums with the kinetic energy of creation. This is Piscina, a multidisciplinary design studio and collective founded by Cuban-American artist Natalie Shook. Far from a conventional white-cube gallery that occasionally displays finished goods, Piscina is fundamentally a manufacturing ecosystem—a communal workshop…
A Sydney-based design studio is proving that a home doesn’t have to undergo a drastic aesthetic overhaul the moment a family expands. It started, as many domestic revolutions do, with a single, elusive object: a rocking chair. When Najah Baroudi was pregnant with her first son, she set out to find a nursery seating option…
Main Facts In the industrial waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, a 7,000-square-foot workshop is quietly rewriting the rules of contemporary American design. At the helm of this humming, sawdust-dusted ecosystem is Natalie Shook, a Cuban-American artist whose path from Midwestern painter to master fabricator birthed Piscina—a multidisciplinary design studio and collaborative workspace. Piscina is…
DÜSSELDORF — In the landscape of modern design, where fleeting trends often dictate form and superficial aesthetics reign supreme, a quiet counter-revolution is taking place in an atelier along the Rhine. Case Studios, an interdisciplinary design practice based in Düsseldorf, operates on a fundamentally different premise: that materials possess an innate, unyielding logic, and the…
Introduction: The Evolution of Handcrafted Soap For artisans and home crafters alike, the journey into soap making often begins with simplicity. A block of clear or opaque melt-and-pour base, a dash of fragrance, a drop of color, and a standard mold are the familiar stepping stones of the beginner. However, once crafters master the foundational…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Opening statements commenced Tuesday, Aug. 18, in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California, marking a watershed moment in the intersection of big tech, mental health, and constitutional law. The high-stakes lawsuit—brought forward by a coalition of four states including California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey—targets Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of…
Main Facts In the industrial waterfront neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, a 7,000-square-foot former manufacturing space hums with a distinct kind of creative energy. This is Piscina, a multidisciplinary design studio and collaborative collective founded by Cuban-American artist Natalie Shook. Far from a conventional white-cube gallery that occasionally dabbles in merchandise, Piscina operates as an…
