The world has never seen anything like the bathing culture in ancient Rome. For three centuries, the Romans competed to build the most prestigious baths – with each building bigger and more magnificent than the last. In the fourth century AD, there were 11 imperial bath houses and 856 smaller establishments in the city, and the largest had room for 3,000 bathers.

We know her as the project manager and interior designer from TV shows such as Bygglov and Room Service, as well as form her own internet show Det knackar. She is a qualified tailor and has worked as a set designer, but it is as an extraordinarily creative and stylish TV personality that she has become a household name.

Erik Söderman is project manager at Solutions Hi-Fi Club, where his work involves installing audio and video systems in Swedish homes – increasingly often in bathrooms. We asked him about the best way to ensure optimal audio experiences in wet rooms.

Jon Eliason, the designer, was actually meant to have been an actor. It was the ‘family business’, and he was getting ready to ‘join the firm’, attending a theatrical high school and taking preparatory courses. In the end, however, he found his stories in the world of things.