Survey Says: People Want Sustainability
Even in day-to-day life, sustainability matters. Sustainability is about meeting "the demands of today's population without compromising...
Choice Architecture is, like, Gnarly
"Choice" architecture is not a Generation X throwback to eighties California valley-girl lingo. "Choice Architecture" is about...
The True Cost of Real Estate
Emma is a good person. She drives a Prius. She totes her pottery mug to the coffee shop. She juices organic carrots from Costco. She...
The Biology of Beautiful Buildings
The beautiful visuals in our physical spaces are therapeutic. Natural elements in design and architecture influence our well-being more...
The Freedom of Wabi Sabi
Wabi Sabi isn’t defined neatly. Wabi sabi is the achievable, beautiful, unburdened, anti-perfect. Wabi Sabi cannot be found in Botox,...
Adjust Your Umwelt, Please.
Simple adjustments within our home can renovate us, in unexpected ways. But, are we seeing our home for what it is? Can we see our home...
Home is Who You Are
Coastal British Columbians spend loads of money on a house. Then spend most of the day working for it. Then spend money to recover...
Healing Home with Outside Perspective
Learn how designers use an "outside" pair of eyes in order to magnetize a dwelling, creating an experience of therapeutic anticipation of...
How Home Heals: Home-Minded Homebodies
Home is “a way of organizing space in our minds"(1) . It's not just Homebodies who are Home-Minded! Subtle ‘background emotions’ permeate...