On the casegoods and tables, the pattern is in silhouette, giving them an air of mystery.”This fall, Farrow & Ball debuted Colour by Nature, a collection done in collaboration with London’s Natural History Museum.Lighting is a great way to bring a biophilic element into a room. Afternoon light streams through a west-facing skylight, and a stepped ceiling creates more interesting light plays.Some other creative ideas from innovative designers today:“When I first started reading about biophilic design and how we needed to be flooding our homes with gorgeous natural views, daylight and plants I thought, ‘Well that’s dandy, but how about people in homes and work spaces that just don’t have access to these things?’” says Phoebe Oldrey, who runs Smart Style Interiors in Tunbridge Wells, England.  In a dining/kitchen space with doors opening onto a leafy outdoor area, she placed a large light fixture composed of colorful glass bubbles.

it’s as though a cluster of errant balloons drifted in from the backyard.Bo Sundius of Bunch Design in Los Angeles says the firm always thinks about how sun and light moving across rooms can be used to connect interiors to the outdoors.“How do I, as an interior designer, give them the benefits of biophilic design? The answer came in the choice of materials we use in our designs, and natural materials is the way to go.Murals can showcase nature dramatically; they work well in family rooms, hallways or bedrooms. They’ve used botanicals like walnut, gardenia, turmeric and pomegranate to gently color the textiles. Arteriors Home has the Tilda fixture made of whitewashed wood sticks, and the China Hexagon bolt Manufacturers Wichita floor lamp crafted of downed teak tree trunks. For something unusual, consider Flavor Paper’s Saguaro Sessions collection.Behr Paint’s 2020 color of the year is a soothing green called Back to Nature; complementary colors include Light Drizzle, Secret Meadow, Dragonfly and Bluebird. They also clad the walls of a Florida client’s dining room in a blanket of soft green moss, and created a 3-D mural out of mushrooms for a client in Spain.

That’s why a walk in the woods can feel so good, or a sit on a quiet beach.”And to bring the outdoors in via scent, Otherland has soy-based candles with scents of smoke, wood fires, grass and desert sand.”In one home, she designed floating maple cabinetry inlaid with a pattern of swallows in flight.In our homes, we might try to bring the outside in with a potted tree, some herbs on the window sill, perhaps floral wallpaper or landscape art.Miami-based design house Plant the Future is known for biophilic installations like “living” plant murals on building exteriors.Brooklyn’s Nea Studio has found a formula for treating green marine algae so it becomes firm yet malleable. They sell preserved moss circles and hearts to hang on the wall, moss letters, and a lush, cursive “I love you..Bedding maker Buffy offers the Breeze comforter made of sustainable eucalyptus, and stitched with a wave and wind pattern inspired by the rolling hills of artist Maya Lin’s Storm King Wavefield in Orange County, New York.The term “biophilia,” an affinity for the living world, was coined back in the 1980s by American biologist and author E