ABOUT RIVER & ROOT
DESIGNED IN ZÜRICH. BUILT FROM NATURAL STONE. CRAFTED TO REMAIN.
Objects worth
keeping.
River & Root began with a simple idea: to create fewer objects, made from materials that already carry a story.
Natural stone has been shaped by time long before it enters our homes. Every surface is different. Every vein, fracture and variation belongs to the material itself.
Rather than hiding those differences, we design around them — creating quiet, functional objects intended to remain for years.
Built from a
fascination with
material.
River & Root was founded in Zürich by Terence Kaufmann from a fascination with natural stone, considered objects and the quiet impact materials can have on a space.
What began as an exploration of stone, form and permanence developed into a collection of objects designed to bring material character into everyday rituals.
Each piece is approached with the same idea: fewer objects, chosen with intention, made from materials worth keeping.
No two pieces
are the same.
Natural stone is not manufactured into uniformity. It carries variation, movement and traces of its origin within every surface.
NATURAL VARIATION
Veining, tone, mineral deposits and small imperfections are part of the material — not defects to be removed.
MATERIAL FIRST
Each object is shaped around the character of the stone, allowing the surface itself to remain the strongest detail.
MADE TO REMAIN
We favour enduring materials and quiet forms over objects designed around short-lived trends.
Let the material
do the talking.
Fewer objects.
Greater attention.
Designed in Zürich.
Made from natural stone.
Built to remain.