# Discovering the Hidden World of Habitat for Humanity ReStore Design Centers NEW_TITLE: How My Random Thrift Store Visit Changed How I Think About Sustainable Design You know how sometimes…
Okay, so there’s this thing that happens when you walk into certain spaces where your body just goes “oh, thank god” and relaxes in a way you didn’t even realize…
Honestly, some of my best productivity improvements have come from workspace experiments where I spent maybe $200 total. I’m not kidding. While people obsess over thousand-dollar ergonomic setups and smart…
Three months ago, I found myself standing in what used to be a concrete plaza in downtown Portland, watching city workers install this pop-up forest installation. I know this sounds…
I keep coming back to something that happened when I visited the Amazon Spheres in Seattle with my kids last year. We were there for vacation, and I figured I’d…
I was standing in a Mumbai office lobby last month with my laptop out, timing how long people spent near this massive living wall by the elevators. Sounds weird, I…
I’ve been following these amazing home transformation stories for a while now, and honestly, they’ve taught me more about biophilic design than any article or research study ever could. Sometimes…
html Reviewed by Jeff for Biophilic Flair Look, I’ll be honest — when I first picked up Biophilic Design for Beginners by Laurel Ashby, I was skeptical. I’ve read enough…
I’ve been tracking my productivity metrics for about five years now, but it wasn’t until I visited my colleague Sarah’s place last week that I realized I’d been missing a…
I was scrolling through one of those parenting forums at 2am last week (don’t judge – my son had strep and wasn’t sleeping), when I came across this incredible story…
About six months ago, I was helping my neighbor Marcus install a new garbage disposal in his condo kitchen. This was a gorgeous space – he’d spent more on those…
I’ve been tracking biophilic design trends for the past few months—partly for my own workspace optimization research, partly because I’m genuinely curious about how quickly this stuff is moving from…
# Finding My Way Back to Nature, One Houseplant at a Time My coffee maker broke last Tuesday, and honestly? I was annoyed at first – you know how it…
I was dropping my friend Sarah’s daughter off at school last month when I accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in the basement hallway of Roosevelt Elementary. Honestly?…
# Why Some Spaces Make You Feel Amazing (and Others Just Don’t) You know that feeling when you walk into certain places and something just… clicks? Like your whole body…