I’ve been tracking my workspace productivity metrics for years now, and about 18 months ago I started noticing something interesting in my data. On days when I worked from coffee…
After my wife’s stroke eight years ago, we both needed to find new ways to stay active and manage stress. Her physical therapist recommended gentle yoga, and I started doing…
When I first heard the term “biophilic city,” I had no idea what it meant. But after watching my kids respond so differently to various environments – thriving in some…
My wife and I have visited our share of wellness centres over the past few years, partly for her physical therapy needs after her stroke, partly because we’re both interested…
I never used to pay much attention to how museum spaces were designed until I started taking my kids to them regularly. Before parenthood, I’d walk through exhibits focused mainly…
Okay, so I’ve been seeing these photos on Instagram lately of high-rise buildings that look absolutely nothing like my sad pre-war brick box, and I had to dig into what’s…
Okay, let me just say this upfront: most college campuses feel like depressing concrete bunkers where happiness goes to die. I know because I spent four years on one, and…
When I first started reading about something called biophilic design a few years back, it struck me as one of those fancy terms for what my grandmother’s generation knew instinctively.…
I’ve been following this designer’s work documenting how nature-focused design transforms nursing homes, and honestly, it’s made me think completely differently about how our environments affect our wellbeing. Living in…
Okay, so I’ve been thinking a lot about fabrics lately, which is honestly not something I expected to care about when I first moved to this tiny studio. But after…