Biophilic Pattern Inspiration

Visual connections with nature can positively impact our attitude and overall happiness. If you are unable to get outside, bringing natural elements indoors – whether living plants or through images and patterns of nature – is known to make a positive impact on your health and mental well-being.

Bringing nature inside is part of designing with biophilia, which “arises from the increasing recognition that the human mind and body evolved in a sensorially rich world, one that continues to be critical to people’s health, productivity, emotional, intellectual, and even spiritual wellbeing… Biophilic design is the expression of the inherent human need to affiliate with nature in the design of the built environment.” (Stephen Kellert, et al, in Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life).

Click through the slideshows below for patterns designed with biophilia in mind.