LIGHT! Medicine of The Future? Circadian Lighting, Quality of Light and Quality of Life Light, seasonal, natural or artificial is a key factor in our ability to be healthy and effective whereas lack of proper light has been shown to lead to SAD, illness, growth and even addiction.* Full-spectrum light is necessary for the proper functioning …
If your home, office or designs don’t anchor that ‘in love’ feeling, they are letting you down. YOUR SPACES When is the last time you were ‘in love’? Remember that feeling? Everything went smoothly, nothing bothered you, you looked great, you felt great and wow, it was wonderful. Can you imagine feeling that every day? Or even for 10 …
Don’t look again for your ‘authentic’ self, or even ‘authentic’ ‘artisan’ pieces — according to icon Trend predictor, Faith Popcorn, “Being authentic is over. The new trait companies need to exude is to be genuine, not authentic. They need to get out of the past!” The Genuine Advantage Why do businesses, environments, movements even governments need to exude the new …
The process of any endeavor becomes a part of the fabric of the end result. Design used to be experienced as a sacred union of human, cosmos and creation. Ancient cultures would select the most pure amoung them to be the architects, or those who were to determine the siting of the building or city or to set the keystone. …
Seriously. This gets filed in the ‘Everything Matters’ folder. On a recent trip to DC, I encountered a sight that stopped me in my tracks. (See the last photo this post). Apparently, a whole bunch of loving and concerned men would be “Walking a Mile” in our shoes on October 1, 2011 in support of Heartly House. I was moved …
If you can’t eat them, they may be eating away at your health. How to: Clean With Products You Can Eat Many of our cleaning product not only kill germs but their are also sapping our immune systems leading to…well, don’t get me started on that one! Nature provides simple, effective materials that clean and disinfect naturally, leaving your home …
What Marketers Know-and our project will bring to light Do you SMELL that? You Did and It Worked! Major corporations understand the impact of smell on their bottom line. We will stay longer, spend more money, and be forever loyal to a product or a place if the smell can unlock memories, emotions, our wallets and wonderful experiences. What …
Yellow is the Happiest color on the planet but the hardest to get right. It will turn you from joyful to cranky in a sudden moment, often without warning. It also has probably the most literal references to how it affects us of any color: “yellow bellied” being one of them. Caution: Too much Yellow for too long can be …
Orange has been called by Carlton Wagner, of the Wagner Color Institute, “The Great Declassifier.” What that means is the orange allows us to feel comfortable no matter what our socio-economic status. It allows friendliness and comfort and social interaction. Orange is the most socially oriented color and associated with Fire and Earth Energy, being a mix of Red and Yellow, …
Red The energy of Red is exuberant, advancing and activating. In Feng Shui Red is associated with fire, outward expansion, networking, clarifying, and brilliant. It is the color of Life Force in China and considered the luckiest color. Other associations are Wealth, Health, and Happiness, also with Summer, Fame and Reputation. Red is used to activate spaces and therefore aspects of your life. Red is …