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…
Global Coffee & Lifestyle Desk — While lavender and rosewater lattes have long dominated trendy café menus, a new botanical contender is capturing the palates of coffee connoisseurs and wellness enthusiasts alike. Enter the Orange Blossom Latte: a sophisticated, chai-spiced, floral-infused coffee beverage that marries the rich intensity of espresso with the delicate, calming aromatics…
September 6, 2026 By Braelyn Wood, mbg Deputy Commerce Editor Main Facts: The Evolution of At-Home Wellness and the New Standard in Phototherapy The modern wellness movement faces a persistent, practical paradox: while the science supporting recovery modalities like red light therapy grows increasingly robust, the time required to integrate these therapies into daily life…
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…
AMSTERDAM — In an era dominated by hyper-accelerated digital culture, flat algorithmic imagery, and a pervasive societal detachment from the physical world, Dutch contemporary artist Sandra Keja Planken is carving out a profound counter-narrative. Operating at the ambiguous intersection of sculpture, installation, textile, and biological systems, Planken creates works that defy easy categorization. Her pieces—woven…
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…
Main Facts In an era dominated by mass-produced uniformity and hyper-minimalist digital design, artisan glassmaker Kathrin Schaden is carving out a defiant, brilliantly colored space for the unpredictable. Operating under the evocative alter ego Ursula Futura, Schaden creates mouth-blown glass objects and lighting from her base in Vienna, Austria, with production rooted in the historic…
By Global Wellness & Lifestyle Desk Published: October 2023 Main Facts: The Unspoken Realities of Reaching Seventy When the calendar inexorably flips to mark the arrival of a seventh decade, the human experience unfolds in ways that popular culture rarely prepares us for. Society often paints aging as a quiet, monotone retreat into the background—a…
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 An emerging spiritual movement grounded in the mythopoetic writings of J.R.R. Tolkien is reframing how individuals approach the most mundane aspects of daily life. In its latest monthly instructional, Way of Arda’s Lore—a legally recognized spiritual organization based in the United States—has outlined a comprehensive framework applying Tolkienian metaphysics to personal hygiene. The…
