✨ How can design make you happy?
Which motifs touch us – and why?
In this article, we reveal 11 surprising, poetic, and scientifically based answers.
For more meaning. More beauty. More you.
A plea for beauty,
Meaning and the art of everyday life.
1. Colors are not decoration – they are biochemistry.
Soft green and blue tones have been proven to lower cortisol levels. They evoke images of nature, vastness, and water. Warm, earthy nuances like terracotta or ochre activate the brain's reward center. Successful design can thus literally relax—or induce euphoria.
2. Symmetry calms – asymmetry stimulates.
People love order, but they also crave surprise. Good designs play with both poles: they provide stability and create contrast. The perfect composition is often just a touch off center.
3. Design can create a home – even in exile.
A T-shirt with a familiar motif. A mug with a small drawing reminiscent of childhood. Such things become anchors in times of uprooting. They are more than consumerism. They are a way to reconnect.
4. Floral motifs appeal to our evolutionary heritage.
The sight of flowers, leaves, and vines is not just "beautiful," but deeply archaic: As a species, we have learned to find food, water, and safety near such patterns. The response to them is deeply ingrained within us.
5. What we wear influences how we think.
So-called enclothed cognition shows that those who wear clothing with meaning—a statement shirt, a specially designed accessory—not only feel different, but also act differently. Aesthetics changes attitudes. Literally, too.
6. Minimalism is calming – but not always.
An empty design can offer freedom. Or it can mean emptiness. What matters is not the renunciation, but the balance: between stillness and presence, air and line. Truly good design is never just "little." It is deliberate.
7. Unusual designs open up spaces for dialogue.
A plant with tentacles. A whale swimming in space. Such motifs break conventions – and the brain loves it. Because anything that deviates from the norm is processed more intensely. You don't just look. You stay.
8. Design is a form of language – and sometimes even prayer.
What we create is an expression of what we believe in. In beauty, in possibility, in hope. Every design is also a small worldview. And sometimes even a source of consolation.
9. Haptics changes perception.
Things that feel soft, velvety, or tactile are rated more positively – regardless of the motif. That's why we at Madame Verne place great importance on the choice of materials. Because art with a poor tactile feel is like music from a rusty speaker.
10. Good design never ages – it changes.
Fashion fades. Attitudes endure. We don't design products for the moment, but for a life with stories. Things that grow with you. And perhaps only reveal their meaning years later.
11. Design can heal.
Not in the medical sense. But in the spiritual sense. There's something comforting in a well-thought-out, loving, harmonious object. A sense of meaning. And sometimes that's all it takes – for a better day.
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Conclusion:
Design is more than jewelry. It's an invitation.
To feel. To remember. To marvel.
And sometimes – incidentally – a small key to happiness.
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