You know that feeling when you walk into a space and immediately feel calmer? Like your shoulders drop and you can actually breathe deeper? I’ve started noticing this more since…
I was consulting on productivity metrics for a company in Atlanta about five years ago, and their downtown office was basically a case study in how to kill employee performance.…
So I was scrolling through my usual urban planning Reddit rabbit hole the other night (don’t judge, we all have our weird interests) and came across this news that honestly…
# Why My Tiny Apartment Changes Made Me a Believer in Nature’s Healing Powers You know those moments when you realize something pretty obvious that somehow escaped you for years?…
You know what I’ve been obsessing over lately? How our house changes throughout the year. I was sitting in the kitchen this morning, watching my daughter eat breakfast in this…
I was at Target the other day – just picking up printer paper and somehow ending up with $150 worth of stuff I didn’t need – when I realized something.…
Last spring, my wife and I took our first international trip in years – a visit to our son who’s working in the Middle East. While she was content spending…
# When Nature Meets Culture: What I’ve Learned About Respectful Biophilic Design I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that never really occurred to me when I first started…
NEW_TITLE: The Sound of Nature Indoors: My Journey Into Creating Natural Soundscapes at Home I never really thought about sound as part of design until I moved into my current…
# Real Biophilic Design Success Stories That Actually Work I’ve been completely obsessed with these real-world biophilic design projects that actually worked, not just the ones that look good in…
I never paid much attention to school buildings when I was young – they were just places you went to learn, usually pretty sterile affairs with fluorescent lights and cinder…
I’ll be completely transparent here – when I first started calculating the costs of my biophilic workspace optimizations, I thought I was going overboard. Tracking every expense in spreadsheets, measuring…
I’ll be honest – when I first started diving into biophilic design certifications, I was mostly interested in whether any of these frameworks could help me optimize my home office…
When I first started reading about biophilic design eight years ago, most of the examples seemed pretty far removed from what regular homeowners like my wife and I could actually…
You know what’s funny? Before kids, I used to think creating a connection to nature in small spaces was just about cramming in as many plants as possible. Then we…