Our homes are the primary foundation from which we live our lives and creating a healthy place to launch from, is vital. As we moved through the world and gained knowledge and experience, we were also exposed to psychological conditioning from society, our peers, our families and our environments. In addition to thriving with what we were taught from a healthy place, we also learned to cope with the conditioning that was not so serving, and sometimes not in the healthiest of ways. Our …
Idol Inspiration: My top 3 favourite designers
As you know by now, Design Psychology is my most significant inspiration and area of influence in design. The idea that design is so much more than what a space looks like, but incorporating the importance of how the space makes us feel, think and behave. We are physical beings interacting with a physical space and studying that relationship, will never get old for me! Below are three of my favourite designers at the moment. All carving their own unique theories and designs into history. I am …
Design Talk: A look at how we use universal languages to connect and understand each other
As part of a drafting course I am taking, the Professor asked us to answer the following question: What do you think will prove to be the more important in your drafting: precision or creativity? Why? At first, I didn’t really know how to answer the question and reading other people’s answers on the discussion board was very overwhelming. They all shared very powerful design perspectives while answering. I struggled with my answer at first so I walked away to take some time to think …