This past weekend I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico (lucky me!) to attend a retreat for designers. It was held at a wonderful spa (Bishop's Lodge) nestled in the foothills surrounding Santa Fe. The weather was incredible, but the information surpassed it.
As you well know if you've read my book, my thesis is for the design of the home to come from within and to be supportive of the human spirit. This means forgetting the trends and specified styles and creating a home that is filled with what you love, need and want.
Well, the retreat was based on this material. It was assisting designers to have a deeper relationship with the client, observing their clients more closely, understanding their needs and wants and then asking better questions as they processed. It also was based on environmental psychology. Much of my book was written from these concepts, but the speakers updated me, and also brought the concept to all the designers there. The material was so well received.
This is a wonderful sign. It means homes will be connected to the needs of the inhabitants. It means design is becoming more compassionate, earthy, and sensitive to life. It means Interior design is going to support life in a healthier way. Hurray!
My hat is off to all designers who attended. This is a great new interface to our art, and a positive sign that the client is more important than the architecture or the fashion trend. (Actually architecture needs to come from this same premise!) It's also an indicator that homes and public spaces will become softer, friendlier, and more human.
Now all of us need to get better at using this great reality. People creating homes need to get better at knowing who they are and what they need and want. They also need to create healthy partnerships with designers who will work from this premise. Designers need to get better at deep interviewing and then transforming a client's important loves, needs and wants into powerful and beautiful spaces. The end product will be healthier design, more individual happiness, identity, safety and comfort, and all of us living more inspired lives. Fantastic.
About Me
- Denny Daikeler
- My passion for integrating Interior Design, Spirituality, and Environmental Psychology began when I was 12. My best friend and I painted my bedroom closet green because my gut wanted it deep hunters green. I knew then there was more to life than beige, but little did I know that the powerful healing spirit of the home that comes from within would become the cornerstone of my life’s work. I received my degree in Interior Design from Drexel University and started designing filled with confidence. My perceptions changed as I worked with clients and taught classes. I discovered the huge gap between trends and what a person loves. My focus turned to exploring the Spirit of the home. I developed questionnaires and exercises to examine client's lives, preferences, and needs, and came up with the Inner Blueprint and Beloved Object. These methods brought so much transformation to people’s lives that I decided to share them in a book, "What Color is Your Slipcover?" published by Rodale. My life now is rich with all of this as I travel from place to place focusing on this process and experiencing the awareness, discovery and joy that comes with this new way of being with Home and Design.
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