TODAY’S TOPIC
Most people focus on creating a functional and beautiful space, never on how they want to feel while in the space.
Inevitably, they end up with spaces that look the way they wanted, but not how they thought they would feel.
Section 1 of the Designing Beyond Aesthetics Workbook considers the layer underneath the aesthetics: your emotional blueprint. It's the pattern of sensory needs you carry into every room, and it's the thing most design processes rarely take into consideration.
In this issue, we'll cover:
What an emotional blueprint actually is, and why it sits beneath style preference
The difference between a space designed to look calm and one that genuinely regulates you
How culture and memory shape what safety feels like in a room
Let’s dive in!
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