Meet the Founder:
Rachel Melvald
Rachel is psychotherapist who uses her background in psychology and design to resolve issues between couples who are in the throes of a high-stress project.
If you’ve ever embarked on a design project, whether it be selecting a new sofa to a massive gut renovation, you probably know how stressful, confusing, and mentally exhausting the experience can be.
Enter the “PSYCHITECT” Rachel Melvald, a licensed psychotherapist with a background in fine arts, architecture, and psychology who specializes in helping her clients maintain good relationships—both romantic and professional—during the design process. Continue Reading
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The New Theatrics of Remote Therapy
How does treatment change when your patients are on a screen? By Adam Gopnik May 25, 2020 The ritual of therapy goes on, but its intimacy—and efficacy—is altered. Illustration by Greg Clarke These days, the advice frequently directed at New Yorkers with deep-seated...
Architects and Designers Weigh In on the Future of Work
By Jennifer Baum Lagdameo – April 29, 2020 Right now, the logistics of “going back to normal” are a mystery. We asked some prominent voices to predict what we can expect when the worst is over. While scientists and policy makers strive to help us safely move into the...
‘It’s Liberating’: 3 Ways a Tech-Savvy Los Angeles Gallery Is Using the Lockdown Era to Leapfrog Into Future of the Global Art Market
In our first spotlight on new business models for galleries, Various Small Fires leverages technology, intimacy, and collaboration in Seoul. Tim Schneider, April 28, 2020 Josh Kline's Reality Television 12, 2020, at Various Small Fires in Seoul, Korea. Courtesy of the...
Best Of: protective partition screens for the post-pandemic workspace
MAY 14, 2020 | TEXT LAUREN GRACE MORRIS Has the cubicle been resurrected from its 20th-century resting place? Perhaps too soon to say with certainty, but with the precautions and measures necessary to prevent COVID-19 transmission, it’s likely. Pallavi Dean is one...
Norman Bluhm’s Sensual Spiritualism
Norman Bluhm transformed the vocabulary we associate with the gestural branch of Abstract Expressionism into something that others of the so-called Second Generation did not pursue, much less attain. John Yau May 9, 2020 Norman Bluhm, “Opis” (1970), oil on canvas, 85...
Tauba Auerbach’s Art Unravels the Patterns of the Universe
Shannon Lee Apr 26, 2020 Tauba Auerbach, 7S, 7Z, 1S, 2Z, 2019. © Tauba Auerbach. Photo by Charles Benton. Courtesy of the Artist's Institute at Hunter College, New York. Portrait of Tauba Auerbach. Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Tauba...
