Posts Tagged: Biophilia

Sensing Place: Biophilia Beyond What’s Visible with Kate Mooney

At Design Insider, we’re constantly exploring how design goes beyond the visual, how it connects us to place, emotion, and experience. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the latest voice in our contributor series: Kate Mooney, Founder of award-winning design studio OCCA, whose thoughtful approach to hospitality interiors has earned international recognition. In this compelling… Read More >

21 August 2025

The Importance of Colour and Biophilia in the Workplace – Designing with Feeling and Function

During Clerkenwell Design Week 2025, Umbrella and Wagstaff hosted a thoughtful and energised panel, titled “The Importance of Colour and Biophilia in the Workplace.” The conversation was part of the official CDW programme and was moderated by Design Insider’s Editorial Director, Alys Bryan. Panellists Emma Bestley, Co-Founder and Creative Partner of YesColours; Dirk Wynants, Founder… Read More >

6 June 2025

Jim Biddulph & Oliver Heath in Conversation

Over the past few years, there has been a steady rise in awareness of Biophilic Design principles and all their virtues. This has unfolded hand-in-hand with the term “wellbeing” going mainstream. The two are intertwined and offer designers guidance well beyond aesthetics and pure functionality alone. But will Biophilia only ever remain in the commercial… Read More >

13 February 2020

Design Assembly South

Yesterday Edge Design joined forces with Hampshire based Spectrum Workplace at Design Assembly South to provide a day of CPD seminars, an opportunity for those in commercial interiors to hear the most up to date thinking from industry leaders. “After the success of Design Assembly events in other parts of the country, we identified there… Read More >

26 April 2017