Gabriella Marcella designed Risotto Studio in Glasgow as a vibrant risograph print space defined by industrial craft, flexible layout, and vivid colours.

Marcella, founder of Risotto Studio, transformed a 100-square-metre industrial unit at the Glue Factory creative hub into her risograph printing headquarters. The former screen-printing workshop had been her base since she graduated 14 years ago. Gaining the larger unit gave her the chance to translate her two-dimensional graphic work into three-dimensional form. The result is a studio built around the logic of the printing process: open, modular, and saturated with colour from floor to ceiling.

Inside the Gabriella Marcella Risograph Studio and Its Central Green Room

The defining feature of the Gabriella Marcella risograph studio is The Green Room, a stepped volume at the centre of the workshop. Modelled in SketchUp and built by designer and fabricator Alexander Garthwaite, the structure houses the risograph printers and paper storage inside, with outer surfaces used for displaying sculptural work. Its form recalls the interlocking tetromino blocks of the Tetris game, giving it a geometric presence that anchors the surrounding open floor.

Almost every other element in the studio sits on wheels, allowing the space to be reconfigured for workshops, commissions, or production runs. Bisley storage units line the perimeter, their wide colour range coordinated with salvaged terrazzo tiles and a bright-red ladder that accesses the tallest shelves. Flap curtains divide the printing room from the main floor, filtering light while acting as an acoustic barrier. An epoxy floor and white walls provide a neutral backdrop for the vivid furniture throughout. See the full project at Dezeen.