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

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 ...

Before the pandemic, trauma-informed design focused on the usual suspects: substance abuse, violence, homelessness, poverty and racism. But life in the time of COVID-19 has augmented the checklist ...

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 ...

A well-appointed home can be good for your health. That was the goal for the Veterans Project at the new Sugar Hill Development in Midtown Detroit. Featuring 14 units planned specifically for veterans ...

Gensler Portland—one of three offices that comprise the global design firm’s Cascadia regional division along with Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.—has unveiled its interior refresh of Rose Haven, a ...

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 ...

A child may survive violence, homelessness, or other profoundly distressing circumstance, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. The stress-response system that trauma activates in the body can have ...

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, ...