People, Places, and Things

Biophilia

Biophilic Design: What It Is and Why It Matters

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on October 28, 2024

In biophilic design, our spaces recreate positive elements of our lives long ago so we can live our best lives today.

In biophilic design, our spaces recreate positive elements of our lives long ago so we can live our best lives today.

Environment

Use Art to Improve Your Life

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on October 9, 2024

Curate your art and boost your well-being.

Curate your art and boost your well-being.

Biophilia

Biophilicly Designing Your Way to a Better Home Office

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on August 20, 2024

Think and design biophilicly to create a space where your brain can excel.

Think and design biophilicly to create a space where your brain can excel.

Stress

Home Design With Time to Design Good Times

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on July 15, 2024

Consider the passage of time as you design your home.

Consider the passage of time as you design your home.

Environment

Temperature Debate Season Is Here

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on June 11, 2024

There is a temperature at which your mind does its best work.

There is a temperature at which your mind does its best work.

Cognition

Not Too Much, Not Too Little

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on April 25, 2024

The space that you're in can help you think and do, or not.

The space that you're in can help you think and do, or not.

Career

The Neuroscience of Home Office Design

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on March 17, 2024

Neuroscientists have learned a lot about how you can enhance your performance and creativity in your home office, without spending much money (if any)!

Neuroscientists have learned a lot about how you can enhance your performance and creativity in your home office, without spending much money (if any)!

Friends

Color Your World for the Life You Want to Live

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on February 11, 2024

Working with neuroscience research findings, you can stride confidently into the paint aisle at your home improvement store and briskly out again after choosing a great shade.

Working with neuroscience research findings, you can stride confidently into the paint aisle at your home improvement store and briskly out again after choosing a great shade.

Creativity

Walk to Think: Put on Your Sneakers to Boost Your Creativity

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on December 22, 2023

How to encourage yourself to think creatively.

How to encourage yourself to think creatively.

Stress

Workplace-Design Research for Today’s Workplaces

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on December 1, 2023

New research provides fresh insights on offices that work for everyone.

New research provides fresh insights on offices that work for everyone.

Cognition

How to Mentally Refresh, Inside or Outdoors

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on November 6, 2023

Our mental energy can be refreshed by the right physical spaces, indoors or outside.

Our mental energy can be refreshed by the right physical spaces, indoors or outside.

Environment

How Biophilic Design Can Improve Your Well-Being

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on October 6, 2023

Biophilic design has financial value and can enhance mental and physical health.

Biophilic design has financial value and can enhance mental and physical health.

Environment

The Powerful Mind and Body Benefits of Open-Water Swimming

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on September 7, 2023

Swimming outside in nature is a proven way to elevate both our mental and physical health.

Swimming outside in nature is a proven way to elevate both our mental and physical health.

Creativity

The Color Advantage

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on July 31, 2023

The colors we see influence how we think and behave. Here's how to use the hues around you to live the life you have planned.

The colors we see influence how we think and behave. Here's how to use the hues around you to live the life you have planned.

Environment

Art Can Make Your Life Better in Ways You May Not Realize

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on June 28, 2023

The art around us has a big effect on how we think and behave, use it to your advantage.

The art around us has a big effect on how we think and behave, use it to your advantage.

Stress

Using Time, By Design

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on May 14, 2023

Design can align the times in your life, helping you feel and be your very best self.

Design can align the times in your life, helping you feel and be your very best self.

Stress

Design With All Your Senses

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on April 14, 2023

When developing a space, keep in mind the full range of experiences people will have in it.

When developing a space, keep in mind the full range of experiences people will have in it.

Career

Putting Science to Work to Design Your Home Office

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on March 23, 2023

Using what scientists have learned about effective office design to refine at-home spaces.

Using what scientists have learned about effective office design to refine at-home spaces.

Stress

The Right Stuff: How to Actively Manage the Things You Own

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on February 13, 2023

When you curate your home, you improve your life.

When you curate your home, you improve your life.

Career

Doing Lights Right

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on January 6, 2023

Light up your world in a science-informed way.

Light up your world in a science-informed way.