So here’s the thing – I used to think “biophilic design” was just fancy Instagram speak for “having a lot of plants.” Like, cool, you’ve got money for fiddle leaf…
I was looking out our kitchen window yesterday morning, watching a cardinal work through the seed heads in the small raised bed I built for my wife three years ago.…
Okay, so I have a confession to make. I’ve become completely obsessed with furniture inspired by nature, and I know that sounds like something only design nerds would care about,…
# When I First Walked Into a Prison and Realised We’re Getting Everything Wrong About Human Spaces Okay, so I never thought I’d find myself walking through a prison corridor…
About six years ago, I was helping renovate the fellowship hall at our church when I had one of those moments that makes you stop and really pay attention. We’d…
I wasn’t expecting to spend last autumn analyzing the economics of struggling communities, but that’s exactly what happened when I read about a small manufacturing town called Millfield. As someone…
So I’m sitting in my 400-square-foot cave of an apartment last week, watching my phone send me notifications that my plants need water while simultaneously adjusting my grow lights based…
When my wife was recovering from her stroke eight years ago, I started noticing things I’d never paid attention to before. How the quality of light in a room affected…
I never paid much attention to indoor air quality until my wife’s health problems started getting worse. After her stroke, she developed respiratory issues that seemed to flare up more…
After my wife’s stroke eight years ago, I learned firsthand how design choices that seem minor can create major barriers for people with mobility or sensory challenges. We had to…