The Wednesday Evening Color Salons are a public speaker series presented as part of The New Color, a course taught by Luanne Stovall, artist and color theorist. Each salon will pair a guest speaker with a color-focused topic. On April 10, the salon series welcomes environmental/design psychologist Sally Augustin and Principal at Edwards + Mulhausen Interior Design Harmony Edwards.
How are our emotions and behavior influenced by the spaces we inhabit? What difference does the color and intensity of light, textures, sounds and scents make? Why can good design ease stress and help us concentrate? Learn how the design of spaces, objects, and services can significantly impact what we do and how we feel. Come to this Color Salon for new insights into cognitive psychology and wellness design. You'll discover why adopting powerful design options can increase productivity, enhance creativity and make lives better.
Sally Augustin, PhD Claremont Graduate School, is a practicing environmental/design psychologist and a principal at Design With Science. She has extensive experience integrating science-based insights to develop recommendations for the design of places, objects, and services that support desired cognitive, emotional, and physical experiences. Her clients include manufacturers, service providers, and design firms in North America, Europe, and Asia. Sally's work has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Forbes, and Psychology Today. She is a contributor to the online version of the Harvard Business Review. As the editor of Research Design Connections, Sally has written widely on science-based design for a broad audience of people interested in the designed world. She is the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture and The Designer's Guide to Doing Research: Applying Knowledge to Inform Design.
Harmony Edwards, BS Interior Design, Western Michigan University, is a Principal at Edwards + Mulhausen Interior Design based in Austin, Texas. She was over 17 years of design and project management experience in healthcare, higher education, and corporate interiors as well as facilities management. Harmony has worked for the Seton Healthcare Network as a Construction Project Manager and Network Interior Designer, and spent 2 years in residence at the Intel Corporation as their Austin Tactical Space Planner. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and Certified Healthcare Interior Designer and worked for the Seton Healthcare Network on the Dell Çhildren's Medical Center of Central Texas, the first LEED Platinum Healthcare facility in the world.