Design on My Mind

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Put Your Mother on the Ceiling During COVID-19

Toby Israel Ph.D. on May 29, 2020

Can women and men reconfigure their space to give all householders an equal voice?

Can women and men reconfigure their space to give all householders an equal voice?

Identity

The Multi-Story Brains of Female Architects

Toby Israel Ph.D. on September 24, 2019

It's an old, exhausting story that women in architecture have had to overcome stereotyping.

It's an old, exhausting story that women in architecture have had to overcome stereotyping.

Environment

Let’s Hear, Think, and Feel It for Environmental Psychology

Toby Israel Ph.D. on July 11, 2019

Let’s raise our glasses to environmental psychology.

Let’s raise our glasses to environmental psychology.

Relationships

Downsizing Home, Upsizing Love

Toby Israel Ph.D. on August 30, 2018

On our life-journey, our home can help us become our best selves.

On our life-journey, our home can help us become our best selves.

Dreaming

Metaphoria by Design

Toby Israel Ph.D. on November 15, 2017

Architecture and interior design can use storytelling metaphors to elicit emotions and thus be transformative in relation to our own journeys.

Architecture and interior design can use storytelling metaphors to elicit emotions and thus be transformative in relation to our own journeys.

Dreaming

Back to School: Therapists Design for Life

Toby Israel Ph.D. on September 13, 2017

In the hands of clinical psychologists, Design Psychology can be a “design therapy” that (like art therapy) helps clients move more healthily along their life journey.

In the hands of clinical psychologists, Design Psychology can be a “design therapy” that (like art therapy) helps clients move more healthily along their life journey.

Spirituality

Our Secret Life in Bathrooms

Toby Israel Ph.D. on May 10, 2017

The bathroom can conjure up images of birth, of the beginning, of water which we must cross, of water in which we may be purified: The bathroom of the hero/ine's journey.

The bathroom can conjure up images of birth, of the beginning, of water which we must cross, of water in which we may be purified: The bathroom of the hero/ine's journey.

Environment

Nurture the Phoenix

Toby Israel Ph.D. on March 7, 2017

Can art + environment + psychology = a formula for our phoenix to rise from the ashes?

Can art + environment + psychology = a formula for our phoenix to rise from the ashes?

Stress

11/9: Envision Light

Toby Israel Ph.D. on November 14, 2016

Envision your spirit being reborn out of a world of deep darkness.

Envision your spirit being reborn out of a world of deep darkness.

Bullying

Say It Forward: Presidential Debates and Verbal Abuse

Toby Israel Ph.D. on September 14, 2016

The power to keep the peace—not just abroad but within our own borders—starts with respectful interactions within our own families and communities.

The power to keep the peace—not just abroad but within our own borders—starts with respectful interactions within our own families and communities.

Politics

On 'The Road' to Home in North Central Florida

Toby Israel Ph.D. on March 9, 2016

We can experience epiphany about the importance of transcendent places, art and stories

We can experience epiphany about the importance of transcendent places, art and stories

Fear

Keep Calm and Carry On with Design Psychology

Toby Israel Ph.D. on December 30, 2015

Are you nervous when going to public places these days?

Are you nervous when going to public places these days?

Relationships

Women by Design: Transforming Home, Transforming Self

Toby Israel Ph.D. on November 6, 2015

Secrets produce an often invisible but lasting trail of debris.

Secrets produce an often invisible but lasting trail of debris.

Therapy

Women by Design, Transforming Home, Transforming Self

Toby Israel Ph.D. on September 12, 2015

A patchwork of life experiences lies just beneath the surface of our outdoor and indoor places. Do you want to reveal this rich tapestry of life?

A patchwork of life experiences lies just beneath the surface of our outdoor and indoor places. Do you want to reveal this rich tapestry of life?

Cognition

Women by Design: Transforming Home, Transforming Self

Toby Israel Ph.D. on July 11, 2015

Inevitably being 'at home' means abiding within yourself

Inevitably being 'at home' means abiding within yourself

Career

Women by Design: Transforming Home, Transforming Self

Toby Israel Ph.D. on July 7, 2015

Women can express and transform their psychic and home interiors

Women can express and transform their psychic and home interiors

Creativity

Women by Design: Transforming Home, Transforming Self

Toby Israel Ph.D. on July 2, 2015

Use Design Psychology to create homes that support women's growth and change

Use Design Psychology to create homes that support women's growth and change

Career

My Design Psychology Career: 'Art + Science' = True Love

Toby Israel Ph.D. on May 14, 2015

Sculpting beautiful, profoundly meaningful places that allow us to transcend

Sculpting beautiful, profoundly meaningful places that allow us to transcend

Attention

A Forest of Design Ideas From Planetree

Toby Israel Ph.D. on October 31, 2014

In this cyber-crazed world, is it a good thing for patients to have Internet access or should we be creating an 'Oasis by Design' that shields them from outside distraction?

In this cyber-crazed world, is it a good thing for patients to have Internet access or should we be creating an 'Oasis by Design' that shields them from outside distraction?

Relationships

Postcard From the Edge: Special Delivery for Women

Toby Israel Ph.D. on July 29, 2014

Woman facing major life transitions can create (or visit!) spaces that support their positive growth and change.

Woman facing major life transitions can create (or visit!) spaces that support their positive growth and change.