Fawn’s Blog
This is very, very exciting news! Late last year I participated in a study with PPG/Campos and Rand Corporation exploring the impact of color in classrooms on student and teacher engagement and happiness. Working with teachers across multiple states, I worked with them to select and place colors in their classrooms for the optimal impact of the classroom on those …
Designing with white is an advanced move. Although it is beautiful and many default to white in rooms, as walls, trim and ceilings, white is not the “blank canvas” or “friendly neutral” that many believe it is. Not by ANY means. Like snow in winter or on the distant mountain tops, white is cold, sterile and stark. If that is …
Design is not a disconnected event. We live in a sea of light, color, contrast and sound that either confounds or uplifts our bodies and lives. Our spaces define our behavior and our health. This beautiful “how to” book takes you on a journey to understand the current science and the ancient wisdom exposing the connection between Mind/Body/Spirit/Space. With gentleness …
How to have easier, better focus, more done in less time & more freedom & fun The above quote was excerpted from a beautiful blog post by Timothy Ferris, best-selling author of The 4-hour Work Week. The Multitasking Virus and the End of Learning (part 1) Don’t force it – It’s counter productive Much information available is about how to strong-arm …
Oscar Niemeyer understood biophilia the way the body reads it and needs it. I proclaim him an architect of longevity, joyful longevity: Earth’s version of biophilia, vitality and biomimicry. Or as George Burns would say, whether you had the chance to ask him or not: “If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have …
Summer’s warmth and endless days give way to cooler weather and less sunlight align us with our place on Earth. The more time we spend in our indoor environments, the more important it is that we consider the amount and quality of light in our daily life. Our need for properly modulated daily light becomes heightened in the indoor …
If your desk is like the ones in this post, no matter how beautiful or well organized, the answer is a resounding YES! It is limiting your options and sabotaging you! What can you do to not be stymied, unproductive, passed over for raises, clients or advancements? Learn to look at your space the way your body, and subconscious mind …
A season for Feng Shui and getting ready for the harvest and for the stillness of winter. This is Fall. Whenever you feel the urge to undergo a cleaning overhaul during this season, especially in this time of COVID, you undoubtedly have a profound connection to and a call from nature. We are after all, intimately intertwined with …
Replace Sneaky Fear with Beauty Fear is everywhere these days and sneaky as always, embedded in sentences and words and even our homes. The body reads and responds to everything…know how it reads and responds, then make a simple and beautiful SHIFT. Every time you are fighting something, it’s killing you slowly. 1 SECOND DISRUPTER SHIFT: have a few funny …
Whew! Things are shifting…are you on the leading edge riding the wave or tumbling in the surf? “What would it be like for you to feel like an expert easily navigating life right now?” I have had so much great feedback this year from my presentations and courses about how those who attended are experiencing tremendous …
Stress is The Opposite of What We Need to Thrive The body is built to thrive. One SMALL part of the whole body response is killing us — slowly — reducing our immunity and our creativity. We have it upside down: our modern lives are far removed from the bucolic pace of nature, night gradually morphs into day, time lingers …
Of course we do! We need space and privacy, inspiration and balance. I had to pass this on, because I get very excited about intelligent design and so does (shhh) Brad Pitt. Well-made and well designed furniture that does double duty makes good sense all the time. ResourceFurniture.com provides some great solutions and has been used by Brad Pitt to …