Hospitals and healthcare treatment centers are specializing in increasingly diverse areas of medicine. As a result, the facilities themselves can be a confusing and overwhelming maze for patients. One important way to lessen confusion for patients navigating through these buildings is wayfinding. ...
Environments play a huge role in patient satisfaction and well-being. More and more research indicates changes to the interior design of healthcare facilities can have significant impacts for patients, visitors and staff. Incorporating artwork that is backed by the principles of evidence-based ...
Is it time for a refresh? With more and more studies revealing the positive impacts of using nature imagery in hospitality and healthcare environments, it might be time for you to look around at your own space and see if it’s in need of a refresh. In a recent article on NBC News, Leslie Faerstein, executive director of ...
Water. It makes up approximately 60% of our bodies and covers almost 3 quarters of the earth’s surface. We can’t live without it. So it makes sense that according to Kathy Hathorn and Upali Nanda’s A Guide to Evidence Based Art, calm, slow moving water imagery made healthcare patients ...
We recently presented a live webinar with the Center for Health Design alongside Julie Robertson, NCIDQ, IIDA, Interior Design Director HDR, called Designing a Brand Through Art and Architecture: A Tale of Two Hospitals. This webinar highlights the Mother/Baby Projects we did together in Minnesota and talks through how the ...
Even though I’ve been a Midwestern fine art photographer for many years, when I began creating art for healthcare, I was excited about being part of a movement that could benefit patients, families, doctors and staff in tangible ways. The idea of creating spaces with intention, from the very beginning of the design process, ...
Being a nature photographer, most of my work is shot on location, but getting a studio in 2018 gave me a unique opportunity to be more creative with my imagery over the past year. I was able to work on new concepts in the studio year-round. Not being dependent on weather gave me a new ...
Being a photographer, capturing the beauty I see in the world, is something that has always come easily to me. I’m drawn to forests and oceans, find tranquility in miles of open fields where wildflowers and natural grasses paint a pattern on the landscape; these are the types of nature images that have the ability ...
Everywhere I go, this time of year, is filled with breathtaking changes in nature ~ lush green forests turning deep shades of orange, yellow and red, leaves doing their delicate dance as they gently fall to their winter resting place. I love being alone in these spaces with my camera. Their beauty ...
Brookings Health System, in Brookings South Dakota, was the type of project that we absolutely love to do, and it was right in our wheelhouse. Research shows that native, indigenous nature imagery can aid the healing process. There’s nothing we enjoy more than taking some road trips, collaborating with the great staff ...
