Design makes lives better.
Learning design has taught us how to combine functionality with beauty to solve problems, and we want to share that knowledge with you. Our monthly blog is packed with tips about how to use design to solve problems for everyday life. Get ready to use the tips along with your own creativity to improve your life at home and at work.
Design Tip #1
Using musical instruments as wall art significantly increases the chances of you playing.
Shawn Achor, a psychologist and researcher, coined a term in his research called, “activation energy.” Activation energy is the amount of effort required to start an activity. Let’s say you want to learn how to play the guitar. If the guitar is packed away in a closet somewhere, you’re less likely to learn it and practice than if it were displayed somewhere you spend a lot of time in like an office or living room.
Buying, measuring, and installing a couple of hooks allowed us to hang our guitars up on the wall. Now, they get played almost every day when they used to spend all their time packed away in a closet. The best part is, it’s a bold, beautiful interior design statement too!
