I still remember watching my grandfather’s garden transform after a particularly brutal Minnesota winter. Half his beloved perennials never returned, casualties of temperatures that dropped lower than any in recorded…

I’ve always been fascinated by how our surroundings affect our thinking. It’s not just some vague feeling either—there’s hard science behind it. Back in 2018, I was consulting on a…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the intersection of my two obsessions: biophilic design and women’s health. It wasn’t until my cousin Emma got pregnant last year that I…

I was sitting in my living room last week, watching the sunset filter through my western windows (that magical 4pm golden hour that still reminds me of childhood), when my…

I’ve always believed that connection to nature shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for the able-bodied. This hit home when my cousin Ella, who uses a wheelchair, visited my newly renovated…

I remember the moment I first truly understood the importance of touch in our connection to nature. I was visiting a friend’s newly renovated apartment – one of those sleek,…

I’ll never forget the first time I truly understood how materials shape sound. It was during a concert at an old stone church in Portland—the kind of place that’s been…

I’ll never forget the first time I witnessed the profound effect nature can have on physical pain. It wasn’t in a clinical setting with white papers and control groups –…

I’ve always been fascinated by the way nature solves design problems. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a beetle’s shell unfold into delicate wings, or seeing how a nautilus creates…

When we consider biophilic design, we tend to think of it in terms of indoor spaces, with calming, serene environments formed by elements like the ones pictured above. But biophilic…