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Joyful: The Art of Finding Happiness All Around You
Author: Ingrid Fetell Lee
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Retail Price: | $35.00 |
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ISBN: 9781846045448
Format: Paperback
Published: September 2018
Published By: Random House Australia
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Published: September 2018
Published By: Random House Australia
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The Aesthetics of Joy runs counter to the prevailing idea that happiness is about mind over matter. In the author's view, many of us are not sufficiently aware that colour, texture, form and movement can make a great difference to how we feel. Hence the mundane objects we interact with on a daily basis can have a surprising effect on our emotions. Our current obsession with turning inward (through techniques such as mindfulness and yoga) is cutting us off from our natural inclination to seek joy outside ourselves, and current research in neuroscience and Positive Psychology is now underpinning these ideas, that happiness is not only something we find, but something we can make. In this major work, the author offers many suggestions for what we can do, and how we can rearrange our environments, to feel better.The Aesthetics of Joy runs counter to the prevailing idea that happiness is about mind over matter. In the author's view, many of us are not sufficiently aware that colour, texture, form and movement can make a great difference to how we feel. Hence the mundane objects we interact with on a daily basis can have a surprising effect on our emotions. Our current obsession with turning inward (through techniques such as mindfulness and yoga) is cutting us off from our natural inclination to seek joy outside ourselves, and current research in neuroscience and Positive Psychology is now underpinning these ideas, that happiness is not only something we find, but something we can make. In this major work, the author offers many suggestions for what we can do, and how we can rearrange our environments, to feel better.Ingrid Fetell Lee is a Design Director at global innovation firm IDEO and founder of the blog Aesthetics of Joy. She has gained recognition for her unique ability to move between the worlds of design and science, making the complex relationships between the two subjects accessible to a broad audience. Her writing has been published widely, including in Psychology Today and she's been featured as an expert on design and joy by outlets such as The New York Times and Wired. She speaks regularly on the power of design to change the world, and her design work has been exhibited at the international interiors show, imm Cologne, Germany.