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Design your Happy Space. Mental Health and Biophilic Design

Jan 14
3 min

Design your Happy Space. Mental Health and Biophilic Design

You know that feeling you get when you're sitting on the beach, a warm gentle breeze, the delicious salty smell of the ocean in the air, the incredible softness of the white sand that feels so wonderfully comforting on your toes, watching and listening to the sound of the waves? Ahhhhhhhhhh That multi-sensory interaction of biophilia is exactly what you need to bring into your space. Biophilic design is all about creating those same mental and physical benefits such as: ✅ Re

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Let There Be Light, Just Not This Kind

Oct 28, 2020
1 min

Let There Be Light, Just Not This Kind

If you use CFL's (compact fluorescent lightbulb) in your lighting fixtures then this is going to be a lightbulb moment💡 Let me enLIGHTen you! Years ago the incandescent light bulb was phased out and replaced with these little beauties - the household version of fluorescent tubes. The reason and big "improvement" was the energy efficiency factor. We're all familiar with the horrible buzzing sound and the flickering (both visual and non-visual) that is just accepted as a colla

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Trauma-informed spaces proven to benefit recovery

Integrating the healing power of nature into design

Home Sweet Home? Not for at-risk youth. A call to shelter them with dignity through design.

The Therapist's Chair and How Interior Design Can
Improve Patient Outcomes

Feb 28, 2020
2 min

The Therapist's Chair and How Interior Design Can Improve Patient Outcomes

After many decades of research, we are now designing healthcare facilities with a human-centric approach. Evidence has proven that interior design is a transformational force in our ability to heal, engage and respond in positive ways. Improved patient outcomes is a fact. Evidence-based design is moving into other domains - slowly. For me, interior design has always had a deeper meaning - something meaningful, something more important than just fabulous throw pillows. That

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