Design is more powerful than we often realize. Trauma-informed design is the intentional creation of spaces that help people ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. For many of us, the global lockdowns stemming from the COVID-19 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Conshohocken, Pa. – Ikea U.S. this week opened an in-store model of a permanent supportive housing unit (aka a small home) built with sustainable materials and using the principles of trauma-informed ...

When the pandemic turned Bozeman, Montana, into a so-called Zoom town—as newly remote workers fled from coastal cities in search of more space and cheaper houses—housing costs for locals spiked. Even ...

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 ...