ALICE RAWSTHORNE
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The Good Thing Journal
Photographer: Michael Leckie
I am:
A writer on design, whose books include Hello World: Where Design Meets Life and, most recently, Design as an Attitude. My weekly design column for The New York Times was syndicated worldwide for over a decade. Born in Manchester and based in London, I am chair of the boards of trustees at The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery in Yorkshire and Chisenhale Gallery in London, and a founding member of the Writers for Liberty campaign for human rights and freedoms. My latest project is Design Emergency, a collaboration with Paola Antonelli, senior design curator at MoMA, with which we are investigating design’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and its role in redesigning and reconstructing our lives in the future.
I believe:
That design is one of the most powerful tools that can help us to address complex ecological, social, political, economic and technological challenges.
Alice's good tips:
I am a designer and I have been doing research in behavioural neurosciences using qualitative methods/ interviews, with prominent figures in Neuroscience, and Psychology.
Architect Pati Santos on design choices that help our circadian rhythm
Health and well-being in your ESG strategy: Focusing on health and well-being strategies in your projects will generate returns for investors, maximize human and social capital performance and will help to control health costs and reduce losses.
The Good Thing Journal interviews Anupama Kundoo: "My hope is that this work inspires others to ask yet more questions so that together we can build an environmentally and economically responsible stage on which more uplifting human stories can be told."
The Good Thing Journal interviews Matt Aspiotis Morley: 'we can combine both wellbeing and sustainability in our built environment, balancing concerns for people and planet, without compromising on profit-oriented, bottom-line prerogatives. '
The Good Thing Journal interviews Anne-Laure Pingreoun:
"I believe: That we need alternative creative thinkers to help generate a more inclusive and mindful future."
The Good Thing Journal interviews Dr. Tara Swart.
"I am: Tara Swart, a neuroscientist, medical doctor, executive advisor, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, Author of bestseller 'The Source - Open Your Mind, Change Your Life', Brand Ambassador for Aromatherapy Associates, and Chief Science Officer at Heights (a brain care supplement). But without all those titles I’m fundamentally a chameleon, philosopher and free spirit."
The ‘Green & Healthy Places’ podcast series takes a deep-dive into the role of sustainability, wellbeing and community in real estate, offices, hotels, etc.
The Good Thing Journal Interviews Rodrigo Gonzalez.
"I am: A designer, architect, and amateur actor with an interest in creating, growing, and bouncing ideas. I am co-founder of Notpla, a startup with the mission of making plastic packaging disappear by pioneering the use of seaweed as a sustainable material. "
How to turn your home into a haven of health.
... Just as the health of our bodies and minds has become increasingly important, so, too, is the health of our homes. “Most of us are very conscious when it comes to nutrition and fitness,” Pati Santos, the Riba-qualified architect, says.