The problem arises when everyone starts copying trends without stopping to think critically.

Cool pastel hues encourage calm mental and physical states at Spacesmith’s Genovese Family Life Center for SCO Family of Services in Queens, New York. (Eric Laignel) Imagine you’re sitting in a ...

Many architects and designers have highlighted the importance of taking into account all five senses during the design process, in order to create a successful user experience. Fortunately, many ...

LIVE OAK, Texas — Ikea U.S. last week opened an in-store model of a permanent supportive housing unit built with sustainable materials and using the principles of trauma-informed design. The model, ...

As you read this...how are you feeling? Stressed? Calm? Now, take a look at the environment you're in. Could your location be swaying those feelings one way or the other? The environment we're in can ...

It’s no wonder, then, that most of us live amid a background of anxiety and stress that, for many, borders on the traumatic. Such constant stress can lead to health issues from headaches, high blood ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials are announcing new trauma-informed waiting rooms at the police department’s headquarters. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will join Commissioner Kevin Davis for the ...

Ikea Small Home mockup. All photos courtesy Ikea and WestEast Design Group. Hopefully, most of us won’t have to deal with being homeless during our lives — however, that shouldn’t keep us from feeling ...

We have renovated more than 100 family visiting rooms and DCF lobbies across Massachusetts. We focus on making simple, trauma-informed design choices, including soft lighting and fabrics, soothing ...

Online interactions can create stress responses in users, but if designers and developers received trauma-informed training, the benefits would go well beyond “do no further harm.” Trauma-informed ...