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’ll be honest – when I first stumbled across articles about companies calculating the actual financial returns on making their offices more nature-connected, my initial thought was “typical corporate approach…
DavidDavid is a dad of two who started caring about design after realizing how much their home environment affected his kids’ moods and sleep. He writes about family-friendly, budget-friendly ways…
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…
Okay, so I need to be honest about something. When I first started cramming plants into my tiny, poorly-ventilated apartment, I had no idea I was accidentally working on “air…
Okay, so this is going to sound a little ridiculous, but adding a tiny tabletop fountain to my 400-square-foot studio apartment was honestly one of the best decisions I’ve made…
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…
After eight years of modifying our home for my wife’s changing mobility needs, I’ve learned something important: the benefits of being connected to nature shouldn’t be limited to people who…
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…
I’ve been tracking productivity metrics in my home office for about three years now, and the data keeps showing something interesting: the biggest gains happen when technology and plants work…
When I first started making biophilic changes to our home, my wife asked the totally reasonable question: “How do we know any of this is actually working?” I’d spent months…