For example, studies show that workers in more colorful offices are more alert, friendly, and confident than those in drab ones, that windows can speed healing, and that children progress faster in classrooms with better lighting. We're often taught that our surroundings are incidental to our wellbeing, but an emerging body of research shows that the physical world can be a powerful resource to us in cultivating happier, healthier lives. How to Create Spaces that Make People Thrive.

Informed by ten years of research, Lee’s work upends the conventional wisdom about happiness and success, giving audiences not only a new perspective on the world, but also an invaluable set of tools for increasing performance, creativity, wellbeing, and resilience. She possesses a rare ability to translate between disparate fields and make them accessible and exciting to audiences at all levels of fluency with her subjects. Lee’s uplifting and visually stunning presentations are laced with evidence-based insights, actionable takeaways, and delightful details. In 2018, she gave the closing address at TED her talk “Where Joy Hides and How to Find It” received a standing ovation. In her book, Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness, and as founder of the blog The Aesthetics of Joy, she reveals the powerful connection between our surroundings and our emotions, and empowers people to find more joy in their lives and their work through design.

Ingrid Fetell Lee’s work occupies a truly unique space, situated at the intersection between design, neuroscience, and psychology.

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