I’ve been reading about something that really caught my attention – how companies are redesigning offices to connect workers with nature. It’s called biophilic design, and after spending most of…
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…
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…
My wife and I have visited our share of wellness centers over the past few years, partly for her physical therapy needs after her stroke, partly because we’re both interested…
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 Love Affair with Nature-Inspired Fabrics (And Why Your Couch Might Be Making You Sad) You know, when I first got into this whole biophilic design thing, I was…
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…
Look, I’ll be honest – when I first started getting obsessed with workspace optimization and biophilic design elements, I had no idea how to actually measure whether any of this…
# Why Your Living Space Might Be Making You Sick (And How Plants Can Actually Fix It) I used to think my constant morning stuffiness was just Seattle allergies. You…
I never thought I’d become the guy with an EMF meter, but here we are. It started about eight months ago when I began getting these persistent headaches during my…
So here’s the thing – I used to think “biophilic design” was just fancy Instagram speak for “having a lot of plants.” Like, cool, you’ve got money for fiddle leaf…
So this is going to sound weird, but I spent last Saturday morning lying on my stomach in a community garden watching ants. Not because I’ve completely lost it (though…
A couple years ago, our youngest daughter asked if she could bring her eight-year-old son over for dinner more often. He’d been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the year before,…
Okay, so I’m not a therapist or anything, but I’ve been going down this rabbit hole about how plants and natural light actually affect mental health, especially for kids and…