Refinery29's Visually Stunning 29Rooms Is Back, and Here's a Look at Every Single One

The 29Rooms experience from Refinery29, a celebration of art and culture through interactivity (and selfies), has returned to Brooklyn for its fourth year. Here's what we found in each room: Room 01 In Light of You, Jose A. Roda Blurring the lines of sex and gender to unveil radical, authentic individuality. [kickout id="1" label="Room 01 In Light of You, Jose A. Roda"] Room 02 Teen Bedroom, Uzumaki Cepeda Likely one of the most underrated installations in the entire space for the working Nintendo 64 alone, this fur-covered bedroom is a blast to the elder-millennial’s teenage past. [kickout id="2" label="Room 02 Teen Bedroom, Uzumaki Cepeda"] Room 03 Love Letter To The World, Cocovan The ongoing collaboration of the World Letter comes to 29Rooms. [kickout id="3" label="Room 03 Love Letter To The World, Cocovan "] Room 04 Shake It Out, Egle Zvirblyte Visitors are encouraged to let loose amongst eight flailing inflatable characters. [kickout id="4" label="Room 04 Shake It Out, Egle Zvirblyte"] Room 05 The Support System, Reebok partnership To introduce Reebok’s new PureMove Bra the brand created a space to swing. [kickout id="5" label="Room 05 The Support System, Reebok partnership"] Room 06 Ace the Midterms, Yara Shahidi and Eighteenx18 Getting out the vote was a recurring theme throughout this year’s 29Rooms. [kickout id="6" label="Room 06 Ace the Midterms"] Room 07 Dream Doorways, Kali Uchis A surreal interpretation of dreams including doorways to alternate realities. [kickout id="7" label="Room 07 Dream Doorways, Kali Uchis"] Room 08 Artists in Residence, Joao Salomao Various artists turn this versatile room into a space to share their art forms with visitors in a hands-on approach. [kickout id="30" label="artist in residence 01"] [kickout id="8" label="Room 08 Artists in Residence, Joao Salomao"] Room 09 The Flavor Oasis, Bai partnership Behind the dry, dreamy desert exterior is an oasis composed of a guy who hands you a bottle of Bai. [kickout id="9" label="Room 09 The Flavor Oasis, Bai partnership"] Room 10 Inner Beauty Ball, House of Yes The longest line for any room can be found outside of House of Yes’ raging dance party. With a live DJ, a cast of performers and multiple glitter beards, House of Yes makes it impossible to have a bad time. [kickout id="10" label="Room 10 Inner Beauty Ball, House of Yes"] [kickout id="29" label="HoY 1"] Room 11 Star Matter, Nicole Richie Visitors are immersed in a “cosmic pilgrimage of love” inspired by the California night sky and the 1970s. [kickout id="11" label="Room 11 Star Matter, Nicole Richie"] Room 12 Live Boldly Through Beauty, Revlon partnership Keeping in mind that most people visiting 29 Rooms are there to have their photo taken, Revlon equipped their space with products and makeup artists. [kickout id="12" label="Room 12 Live Boldly Through Beauty, Revlon partnership"] [kickout id="31" label="revlon 01"] Room 13 The Values Stand, The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment Telling people to vote wasn’t quite enough for the NYC Mayor’s Office. Next to their newsstand was a functioning interactive station where visitors could actually register to vote. [kickout id="13" label="Room 13 The Values Stand, The NYC Mayor’s Office"] Room 14 The Full Picture, Shatterbox and TNT Refinery29 showcases their new series, Shatterbox, that focuses on emerging female storytellers. [kickout id="14" label="Room 14 The Full Picture, Shatterbox and TNT"] Room 15 Sonic Sanctuary, Aaron Taylor Kuffner Bronze gongs polished to a mirror create sound with electronic hammers and corresponding lights. Visitors are encouraged to put their phones away and find tranquility within themselves. [kickout id="15" label="Room 15 Sonic Sanctuary, Aaron Taylor Kuffner"] Room 16 A Long Line of Queendom, Unbothered A decadent space celebrating the legacy of black excellence and achievement. [kickout id="16" label="Room 16 A Long Line of Queendom, Unbothered"] Room 17 Reality Rendered, Magenta Field Early computer graphics are interpreted in a physical space to challenge the expectations in reality. [kickout id="17" label="Room 17 Reality Rendered, Magenta Field"] Room 18 Know! Your! Rights!, ACLU Spin a giant wheel, test your strength and win the opportunity to learn your rights. [kickout id="18" label="Room 18 Know! Your! Rights!, ACLU"] Room 19 The Idea Incubator, Dr.Jart+ partnership A look inside the brand’s creative process in a skincare lab. [kickout id="19" label="Room 19 The Idea Incubator, Dr.Jart+ partnership"] Rooms 20-21 Between the Sheets, Rupi Kaur With poetry guiding the experience, visitors are brought closer to their lightness with every step. [kickout id="20" label="Rooms 20-21 Between the Sheets, Rupi Kaur"] Room 22 In Touch, Whisperlodge If you’re a fan of ASMR and are OK with being blindfolded in public then this room is a real treat. With no sight, visitors are asked to follow the pace of an ASMR narrator while feeling a wall of terrain, heat and mist. [kickout id="21" label="Room 22 In Touch, Whisperlodge"] Room 23 You Are Magic, The Hoodwitch Visitors are empowered to awaken their inner magic inside a gorgeous crystal cave. [kickout id="22" label="Room 23 You Are Magic, The Hoodwitch"] Room 24 Aldo Artcade, Aldo partnership Another retro game made it into 29Rooms as Aldo installed two “Dance Dance Self-Evolution” stations. [kickout id="23" label="Room 24 Aldo Artcade, Aldo partnership"] Room 25 A Feeling You Wear, Pantene partnership Did you really think we’d make it through all the rooms without seeing a ball pit? [kickout id="24" label="Room 25 A Feeling You Wear, Pantene partnership"] Room 26 Money Mantras, Money Diaries Refinery29’s column-turned-book Money Diaries gets a room of its own. [kickout id="25" label="Room 26 Money Mantras, Money Diaries"] Room 27 29 Questions, Refinery29 Strangers are paired together and asked to meditate and open themselves up through a series of questions. [kickout id="26" label="Room 27 29 Questions, Refinery29"] Room 28 The Moxy Play House, Moxy Hotels partnership Moxy presents an interactive playhouse. [kickout id="27" label="Room 28 The Moxy Play House, Moxy Hotels partnership"] Room 29 A Conversation With Your Inner Child, Carlota Guerrero The final room of the experience is also the only room with natural light. Sculptures of an adult and child encourage the conversation that one can have with one’s inner child. Visitors are asked to reflect, write a note to their inner child and post it to wall. [kickout id="28" label="Room 29 A Conversation With Your Inner Child, Carlota Guerrero"] [kickout id="32" label="conversations reflections"] Bonus: Not a room but a dance floor The staff lost their minds when Refinery29 co-founder and 29Rooms mastermind Piera Gelardi hit the dance floor. [kickout id="33" label="piera"]

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