Studio Rowan

Leave less behind.

Studio Rowan redesigns products and systems that create unnecessary waste.

Lasting hospitality goodsLondon, 2026

70,000 dots. One for every pair of disposable slippers a single hotel throws away in a year.

Our mission

We don’t think the world has a waste problem. We think it has design problems.

Many of the products and systems we use today were designed decades ago and, at the time, they made sense for the world they existed in.

Our mission is to re-examine the outdated products and systems that create unnecessary waste and design better alternatives. Alternatives that aren’t just better for the planet, but better for people, business and budgets too.

Because we don’t want our products to be better for the planet and as good as they were before. We want them to be better for the planet, and better than they were before.

Because times have changed.
The world has changed.
And it’s important that we change too.

The Reusable Slider.

The conventional single-use hotel slipper isn’t just wasteful, it’s not particularly good at being a slipper.

They offer little support. Limited sizing. They aren’t particularly comfortable. And despite spending much of their (very short) lives around pools and spas, they aren’t even waterproof.

We saw an opportunity to change that.

The Reusable Slider, near-white recycled EVA. Half a rotation, scroll to turn.

Why it holds up.

Water ResistantReady for wet environments
Comfort EngineeringA broader fit and thicker, more supportive sole
Extended LifecycleBuilt for repeated use
Environmental ImpactLess waste, more wear
Lifetime ValueLower lifetime cost*

* Against single-use slippers, over a year. See the saving worked out.

A hotel guest sitting at the edge of a pool with their feet on the stone, wearing a pair of Reusable Sliders in near-white recycled EVA. — Our reusable hotel sliders are made from recycled EVA foam. They’re water resistant, more supportive and fit a wider range of guests, ready for wet, poolside environments.

Most importantly, they can be washed and used again.

And again.

Our story

70,000

pairs of disposable slippers. One hotel. One year.

So, where did it all begin?

It was summertime in the Swiss Alps. The moon was shining, and the campfire was crackling. A group of friends sat by a lake, beers in hand, chatting about work. One of them managed a hotel and mentioned, almost in passing, that the hotel got through 70,000 pairs of disposable slippers a year.

70,000 pairs. Used once, often for a matter of minutes, and thrown away. It was one of those numbers that was difficult to forget about.

Once back in the UK, we reached out to hotels and spas and quickly realised that this was not an isolated issue: by our estimate, America alone sends around 120 million slippers to landfill each year.

We thought there had to be a better way.

So we redesigned them.

Every year, with the Reusable Slider

£989 saved on slippers

7,933 fewer pairs thrown away

You spend now: £8,500
With the Reusable Slider: £7,511
Disposable waste avoided: 425 kg

How we work this out

One disposable pair is one guest stay. The Reusable Slider is £8 a pair and guaranteed for 15 washes, and we count every pair as replaced after its fifteenth; each wash is 35p. So every stay costs one fifteenth of a pair plus a wash, against the price you set for disposables. Fewer pairs thrown away is the disposables you no longer buy, less the reusable pairs retired after 15 washes. Waste is counted at around 50g per disposable pair. As more hotels come on board our data gets sharper, and so does this calculator.

Work with us.

We’re looking for a small number of hotels and spas to pilot the Reusable Slider with us ahead of our first shipment in April 2027. Tell us roughly how many pairs you’d need and when, and we’ll be in touch to talk it through.

Already know you want them? Place a preorder for the first shipment.

Rather talk it through first? Get in touch.

Let’s leave less behind.

Six quick questions.

Place a preorder Opens an email with what we need to know.

Name

Email

Company

How many pairs would you need? A rough figure is fine.

When would you like to start? Earliest shipment is April 2027.

Any other comments Optional

To join the pilot, email info@studiorowan.co.uk with your company, roughly how many pairs you’d need and when you’d like to start. To preorder, email us here.

Studio Rowan

We don’t think the world has a waste problem. We think it has design problems.

And again.

So, where did it all begin?

How many disposable slippers are you using at the moment?