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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Color can make spaces joyful when you follow a few simple guidelines.
Chapter 3: Minimalism is rooted in a peculiar morality, whereas maximalism can truly spark deep joy for us.
Chapter 4: You can find freedom in a garden, provided you don’t design it too strictly at all.
Chapter 5: Feng Shui focuses on creating harmonious spaces, which can greatly boost joy and happiness.
Chapter 6: Playful design heightens people’s joy and helps make them more innovative too.
Chapter 7: There is more joy in quirkiness than in convention, and design exists to remind us of that always.
Chapter 8: Experiences of awe are integral to life’s joy, and architecture can cultivate awe in us as well.
Chapter 9: Celebrations spread joy, and well-designed spaces encourage even more celebration.
Description
Joyful (2018) embraces aspects of color, shape, playfulness and whimsy that surround us in everyday life. These blinks make a positive case for the role that design and architecture can play in making lives more happy and joyful.
Who Should Listen
Designers
DIY enthusiasts
New homeowners or renters
About the Authors
Ingrid Fetell Lee is a designer who runs her own design blog, The Aesthetics of Joy. She has contributed articles to the New York Times, Psychology Today, and Wired, and given a widely viewed 2018 TED talk on design.