an exploration of beauty and space

“haven” is a project exploring the effects beauty and spaces have on us as humans through physical, digital, and print elements. this project aims to whimsically showcase beautiful environments, and inform and enable viewers to access such spaces as a means to increase their wellbeing.

Haven started out with a love for beauty, and a feeling that it brings more to our world than just something to look at, but is a powerful and important part of being human. That without it our lives would be missing something intrinsic and important. While researching the ways that beauty affects well- being, I discovered the huge impact the spaces we inhabit can have on our mental and physical health. I set out to discover what kinds of spaces are beneficial because of their beauty, and asked some friends to help me by telling me about the beautiful spaces that they visit or live in.

All of us have different resources. Therefore, this editorial is a tool that can help anyone become more aware of the spaces they inhabit. It is a resource to find and create beautiful spaces. To search out the spaces that give you life and freedom and joy, where you feel at ease and like yourself. These can be homes, museums, offices, corners of buildings, forests and beaches. The spaces you like are unique to your complex personality: this is just a resource to get you thinking.

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