To design is to explore
and play with ideas,
to find solutions
or make propositions.
To educate is to communicate
and exchange knowledge
and experience.
Through design and education
we can expand possibilities
for growing better,
whilst being open to welcome
the unexpected.
Looping Landscape Kindergarten awarded Design Educates Awards 2022, Honorable Mention in architectural design.
Two ideas that help us to understand how we visually perceive our environment, why do we find some things beautiful, and how all this relates to design.
One example of neuroscience research that can be applied to design is about understanding how our visual system works.
When we look around us, we tend to see regularities and organize what we see.
Designing involves using the imagination and putting together different ingredients, from conceptual ideas and cultural references to materials and technical aspects, whilst getting input from different disciplines.
Exercising our senses means exercising our brains and becoming more aware of our environment.
