My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation
Donald M. Rattner
Skyhorse Publishing, October 2019

Hardcover | 8 x 10 inches | 288 pages | 200+ illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-1510736719 | $29.99

Publisher's Description:
A great deal of psychological and productivity research has gone into discovering how the design of the physical environment can improve creative performance, yet nearly all of it has focused on the workplace, commercial spaces, and schools. What has been largely overlooked is the one place we spend more time in than anywhere else and where more people than ever are now working: the home. My Creative Space shows how readers can boost their creative output by applying science-backed techniques to the design and decoration of their home regardless of size, type, style, or location.
With over 200 stunning color photographs of creative spaces, including many designed by top architects and interior decorators, this lavishly produced book will inspire readers while offering practical and specific ways to transform your own home into a creative haven.dDAB Commentary:
One week ago I reviewed The Shaping of Us: How Everyday Spaces Structure Our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being, a book that looks at the spaces we live, work, and play in from the perspective of environmental psychology. If Donald M. Rattner's My Creative Space (and before that, Sarah Williams Goldhagen's Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment ...