Creative Developer — Chicago

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Tubpanga

Type
Studio site + catalog
Role
Design & development
Released
June 2025

Brief

Tubpanga designs and builds outdoor bathhouses (saunas, hot tubs, cold plunges, decks and showers) with crews in Los Angeles and the Hudson Valley. The site has to sell the idea of bathing outside and bring in new projects.

Idea

Let the photography do the work: big, warm shots of cedar, stone and people outdoors on a cream and oxblood palette. The catalog has no prices or cart, so every sauna and tub leads to a project inquiry.

Result

A studio site with a manifesto, a projects gallery, a 13-piece catalog of saunas and tubs, a project inquiry form and a journal called The Warm Room.

Bill Niacin is a creative full-stack developer and digital artist in Chicago. Working with artists, brands and independent businesses, Bill builds sites where code, 3D and motion carry the story, so it’s felt, not just seen.