Biophilic design increases your connection to nature and natural processes in the places you live and work. This improved connection can benefit your wellbeing by reducing stress and improving restoration, which helps you stay healthier and achieve better results in your daily activities.
While the science behind biophilic design is complex, we can help you apply simple principles to create spaces that make you feel the way you want to feel.
Visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile signals are constantly bombarding our five senses. The sum of these encounters causes us to experience a wide range of emotions and moods.
These collections based on mood states help you promote the appropriate mood for your needs.
These spaces are ideal for mindfulness and stress-relieving exercises. Relaxing visual, auditive, and tactile stimulation can be found here.
These items enable you to create bright, dynamic, and pleasing environments that can help you feel active, positive, and happy.
Safely retreat for focused work. These spaces make you feel confident and at ease, and they promote feelings of creativity and comfort.
Rooms that are appealing and sophisticated, while remaining approachable. Find graceful and stylish items to leave beautiful and lasting impressions.
Create a warm, cozy, and intimate atmosphere here. Physical or emotional private communications and interactions take place in intimate spaces.
Rooms that are pleasant, bright, and clean. Make the happiest corner – for sleeping, playing, storing, studying, and perhaps even growing up.
We react differently to different colours. They can make us feel happy, sad, excited, scared, hungry...
Color has such a personal impact on each of us. They produce different reactions depending on how light or dark they are, or how saturated or washed out they are.
While the impact of color on behavior is still being studied in many ways, take a look at these intuitive collections based on various hues.
Create livable, airy and comfortable spaces that inspire expansion, freshness and openness.
With these richly evocative colors, you can build atmospheric, soothing and enveloping rooms.
In nature, bright colors appear in small doses. With this hue, it's a matter of balance.
Different permutations of brown conjure up notions of rustic living, raw and wholesome living.
These hues excite our emotions and behaviour, making us feel aroused and cheerful.
Shades that have a calming effect. Better suited to relaxing environments and tasks that require focus.
Living spaces that incorporate a lot of natural materials - preferably as minimally processed as possible - provide us with a direct connection to the outside.
Spaces that incorporate plants and flowers see a boost in wellbeing, creativity and productivity.
Forgiving to work with, and pleasurable at touch, wood has shown to have a stress-reducing effect.
Stones come in a variety of textures and colors, and their use adds warmth to the interiors.
Fabrics that elegantly celebrate natural forms, creating a direct link between nature and people.
With their natural cracks, these sustainably sourced materials contribute to our wellbeing in many ways.
The use of nature-inspired textures in the interiors can influence the perception of spaciousness.
Certain patterns and forms in nature are inherently pleasing to look at, and they can have a positive effect on our well-being. We may be able to improve the experience of those who occupy homes, public spaces, and commercial buildings by incorporating natural patterns.
The patterns shown below are examples of those found in nature that can be incorporated into our interior design.
When we look at fractal patterns, our brains feel at ease. Looking at them can be actively relaxing.
Spirals relate to the golden ratio, a form the human eye is capable of interpreting faster than any other.
Symmetry, when not overused, can be successful in interiors because it's predictable and comforting.
Curved features stimulate more brain activity and are preferred over boxy elements and hard lines.
In nature, these attractive patterns are used for protection and survival of the species.
Thanks to its gentle and pleasant features, these shapes evoke calmness and peacefulness.
Even short bursts - whether it's looking through a window or even just a picture of the natural world - seems to relax people, lower their heart rate, blood pressure and stress levels and sharpen their concentration.
From the pale white skies near the horizon, to the vibrant mid-blues of a summer day, the sky is a rich seam of inspiration.
Spaces with unobstructed views feel open and liberating while also imparting a sense of safety and control.
Humans have visual preference for scenes that contain water, as they affect our brains, emotions and physiology in dramatic ways.
Mountains, rocks, and pebbles are distinguished by gentle browns, greys, stone shades, and sandy hues, and they dominate our natural landscape.
These scenes contain colours of renewal, growth and plant life. Looking at green foliage is shown to improve our attention span and concentration levels.
How we utilize nature-inspired textures in the interiors might alter the feeling of space, calm, and our mental performance.
Life and natural habitats: forests, fires, water and sun are experienced using our senses. This promotes care and attachment for these elements. The only natural thing is to fill our indoor spaces with vivid sensorial experiences.
It has been shown that indoor air quality is worse than the outdoor. Given the amount of time we spend indoors, we must ensure adequate air quality.
A space with rich textures, feels interesting and comfortable, possibly captivating, contemplative or even absorptive.
Sounds affect the systems in our body that control the fight-or-flight response and the rest-and-digest autonomic nervous systems.
Inside our brains, there's a clock driving our circadian rhythm - the cycle that controls sleep, hunger, alertness... and it is affected by environmental cues.
Creating views - whether through a window, a nature image on the wall, or even on a screen - can genuinely improve our brain performance.
Experience true natural flavours with natural tools. This collection of unique items is designed for you to have better and healthier taste experiences.
Modern society, where most peple live in densely populated urban surroundings, is separating us increasingly from any meaningful contact with nature. But why should that matter? The answer is we've discovered there's a direct link between contact with nature and wellbeing.
Because we spend so much time indoors, it's important to consider how interior design can help improve mental health. The more comfortable we are indoors, the better our health and well-being. Discover the factors to consider when designing interiors that will have a positive impact on your mind.
Learn about the benefits of nature-inspired design for better health. Improve your ability to create healthier, yet stylish, living environments.
You won't need special skills to maintain these beautiful, natural plants.
Bring natural materials closer to your sight and touch every day.
