Design psychology goes beyond aesthetics, and beyond art and decor books to find something more — it seeks to uncover your very emotions and thoughts about settings. Design psychology seeks to connect you to the types of places, spaces and items that evoke the most pleasant memories.
Design psychology is about discovering your personal style and finding a place that truly fulfills you and feels like home.
Here’s an excerpt from a Los Angeles Times article on how design psychology works…
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My house was new, so everything in it….is me!
I love it and don’t change anything, while my daughter makes changes continuously.
I finally allowed her (Martha Stewart personified, LOL) to take down my (30 yr old) wallpaper and paint.
I chose lime green for my counter tops 35 years ago, when that color wasn’t in…now it is back.
My furniture is that old (re-finished only once), my tv is a console (love it).
Once I purchase something…I always love it.
Verrryyy cautious about any change.
The type of setting I grew up in? Nightmare: 120-year old tenement house with cockroaches and rats and snow which came in through a crack in the wall.
So, My little 1,000 sq. ft. house is heaven for me…everything it it reflects….. me….my lobster trap, driftwood…ships and the sea….mauve and soft blue…..My 9 foot long couch (can’t find those any more, LOL); it was called “California Modern” 35 years ago with mahogany wood at the base that goes up the side of the ends…..
Thanks for the article….great!
This is an interesting article. I worked for an interior designer for a couple of years and watched how clients were offered choices. They all ended up pretty much the same to some degree. And a few years down the road they were ready for a change. Maybe not satisfied with their choices? They may be making decisions on what others think, not what makes them happy or satisfied.
When we moved to the house we are in now I decided to only take the things we really loved,enjoyed, couldn’t give up.
I won’t remodel to keep up with trends(I agree with Marie). I live in a space that is comfortable, enjoyable, and feels like home.
Article was an eye opener!
Interesting! I wasn’t aware of this almost ‘clinical psychology’ way of using environmental psychology.
Funny, I also work with design psychology and wonder how on earth the term ever got to mean ‘home decoration’…. I know and use it in a more fundamental way, where we use psychological theory about human perception and fundamental cognitive abilities to design products and user interfaces that are ‘intuitive’ by using our inherent and instinctive capacities for direct perception.