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Bringing the beauty of nature to you

The Journal of Biophilic Design publishes and broadcasts research into the health, environmental and economic benefits of Biophilic Nature-inspired Design.

We campaign for Biophilic Design implementation in healthcare, workplace, education, homes and cities worldwide for people and planet. 

If you need help, speak to us, we help broker Biophilic Design expertise, consultancy, and delivery across our wide network of specialists.

Not sure where to start? Take a subscription to our Journal and learn about the benefits of Biophilic Design. We bridge the gap between research and practice of biophilic design and nature-based solutions through publishing and broadcasting international case studies, thought leadership and evidence to help mitigate and improve the Environmental, Health and Economic impact of design, build and construction.

We have over 30,000+ monthly podcast listeners, our printed and ebook Journal is distributed worldwide and on university reading lists. Listen to our archive of interviews, case studies and evidence from architects, urban planning to home design, designers or join us at one of our many events online and in person in 2025, including our annual conference.

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Have you got our Climate Change edition?

Climate Change, Sustainable Architecture & Biophilic Design — Digital Edition - Issue 21
£4.99

How do we design for a changing climate?

Climate change is changing the places where we live, work, learn and heal. This issue of the Journal of Biophilic Designexplores how biophilic design, architecture, interiors, landscapes, materials and nature-based solutions can help us create healthier, more resilient and more sustainable environments for people and planet.

Across 227 beautifully designed pages, this issue brings together research, science, projects, practical ideas and thought leadership from a wide range of perspectives.

Inside this issue

COOLING A WARMING WORLD
How thoughtful design, urban greening, trees, planting, natural ventilation and water-sensitive landscapes can help us respond to rising temperatures and changing climate conditions.

LUCE, TERRA, OMBRA
Exploring light, earth, shadow and our relationship with natural materials and the cosmos.

CLIMATE FOR CHANGE IN TEXTILES
How material choices and textile design can contribute to more sustainable interiors.

MUD BRICK
What traditional materials and construction approaches can teach us about climate resilience, place and resource-conscious design.

SUSTAINABLE EXCELLENCE
The BIID Interior Design Awards 2026 and the relationship between sustainability, design quality and responsible practice.

BIOPHILIC DESIGN & CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS INTERIORS
How interior designers can bring together wellbeing, material choices, nature connection and environmental responsibility.

DESIGNING FOR LONGEVITY
Why designing things to last may be one of the most important sustainable choices we can make.

BIOPHILIC DESIGN AS A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Exploring how our relationship with nature can influence the way we live and the environments we create.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND BIOPHILIC DESIGN
Evidence, research and the science underpinning our connection with nature.

BIOPHILIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Why reconnecting people with nature matters in a rapidly changing world.

A NEW CLASSIFICATION FOR BIOPHILIC ARCHITECTURE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
A fascinating exploration of Mimetic, Applied and Organic Biophilic Architecture, and why meaningful biophilic design needs to go beyond simply making buildings look green.

PLANTS & LIVING WALLS
Including Top 40 Plants from Houseplant Royalty and an exploration of the role living walls can play in alleviating the effects of climate change.

ENVIRONMENT • PEOPLE • PLANET

We also explore circular design, material health, air quality, social impact, changing consumer expectations, wellbeing, climate-conscious places and the role of nature in our cities.

Discover The Circular Hub, explore the thinking behind The Spherical Economy, consider the environmental and health implications of the “new smell”, and look at how design can help us navigate a threshold of change.

The issue also explores climate change through the lens of social impact, local and global design, wellbeing and human experience, including Sea Fever, A Greener Path, Biophilic Cities and Nature as Infrastructure.

WHY THIS ISSUE MATTERS

Climate change demands more than technological solutions.

It asks us to reconsider how we design, what we build with, how we use materials, how we manage landscapes and cities, and how closely our built environments remain connected to the natural systems on which we depend.

Biophilic design offers a practical framework for bringing these questions together — connecting human health, biodiversity, climate resilience, materials, sustainability and our innate need for contact with nature.

This issue brings those conversations together in one place.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE

227 pages
Research & science
Architecture & interiors
Materials & sustainability
Plants & living walls
Climate-responsive design
Biophilic cities
Wellbeing
Nature-based solutions
Projects & case studies
Thought leadership
Books & resources

For architects, interior designers, landscape architects, urban designers, sustainability professionals, developers, researchers, educators, students and anyone interested in creating healthier places for people and planet.

Digital Edition — £4.99

Read it on your screen or Kindle, or choose the beautiful full-colour printed edition to keep and refer back to.

Climate Change, Sustainable Architecture & Biophilic Design — Print Edition | Issue 21
£25.00

CLIMATE CHANGE

227 pages exploring how we can design for a warmer, changing world.

Architecture. Interiors. Cities. Materials. Science. Plants. Wellbeing.

Climate change is no longer a distant environmental issue. It is changing the places where we live, work, learn and heal.

Issue 21 of the Journal of Biophilic Design asks what happens when we put nature at the heart of the response.

Inside this issue:

COOLING A WARMING WORLD
How biophilic and climate-responsive design can help cool buildings and cities, reduce energy demand and create healthier places.

BIOPHILIA AND CLIMATE CHANGE
New thinking about the relationship between human–nature connection, behaviour, resilience and regenerative futures.

A NEW CLASSIFICATION FOR BIOPHILIC ARCHITECTURE
Explore Mimetic, Applied and Organic Biophilic Architecture — and why the distinction matters for the future of design.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND BIOPHILIC DESIGN
What does the evidence actually tell us?

CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS INTERIORS
Materials, longevity, reuse and the choices designers can make to reduce environmental impact.

MUD BRICK
What traditional building techniques can teach us about resilience in a changing climate.

LIVING WALLS & PLANTS
How vegetation can help mitigate heat, support biodiversity and improve the environments we inhabit.

NATURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE
Why trees, wetlands, green roofs and biodiverse landscapes need to be treated as essential infrastructure — not decoration.

Then:

227 pages | Research | Projects | Case studies | Science | Design | Ideas

Digital edition £4.99



 

“Look up, through the leaves of the trees…

Feel the warmth of the sun on your face….

Take a walk on the beach and feel the sand between your toes….

Hear the effervescent waves cascade softly over rock pools…”

From time immemorial we have been connected to the earth, to the land, to the wind, the rain, the sun, nourishing ourselves from the abundance of fruits and seeds around us, listening to the leaves rustle, watching the birds fly in formation above our heads as they head for different climes, feel the ice cold water in the rivers, or enjoy the grass beneath our feet as we sit and talk around a fire.

As a species, the human race NEEDS a connection to nature.

The most obvious way is by getting outside and communing directly with nature, a regular dose of nature does wonders for mental and physical health, general wellbeing and so many other aspects of our lives.

But we spend most of our lives inside, at home, in an office (when we can get there!), in a shop, warehouse, school, hospital, hotel, and so on surrounded by white walls, plastics, TV noise, fluorescent lighting... Many of us operate in cities or towns, there’s concrete, asphalt, cars, cacophonies, hardly any parks or trees, birds are minimal and life is, well, running on empty.

The distance from where our inherent biological connection to the world and ourselves is currently, is a thousand miles away from where it needs to be in many instances.

So this is where Biophilic Design comes in. Biophilia is the “love of life, living things”, plants, animals, insects, us, air, flowers, sounds, and textures…. In interior design this is often represented directly, for instance by bringing plants in, encouraging natural light and fresh air or by its virtual representation or mimicking of nature, such as printed views, using colours from nature, soundscaping or improving acoustics. In urban planning, this is about incorporating trees, parks, wildlife corridors, biodiversity, encouraging engagement with nature and communities through pathways and so on.

We broadcast on Biophilic Design through our podcast series, we are media partners to some amazing events which support the Biophilic Design movement, and we publish the ebook and printed Journal as well.

Did you know we also offer a networked consultancy service, advising on the benefits of Biophilic Design from an academic viewpoint, and broker experts from architects to environmental psychologists, designers to landscapers to support your projects, whether that’s commercial, home, hospital, wider healthcare or education design.

Our founder, is Dr Vanessa Champion, herself a professional photographer and film maker who started life as an academic in London. She is the force behind what we do: “An interdisciplinary approach to Biophilic Design celebrates all the aspects of our rich natural world, we look at interior design, environmental psychology, acoustics, urban planning, the benefits of engaging with animals and other living species, how virtual nature views help, why using natural materials (wood, linen, cotton, etc) is beneficial, forest bathing or shinrin yoku, how you use certain scents to improve your mood, and loads more.”

We are an independent press, if you like what we do and would like to support us in some way, we recently signed up to Buy Me a Coffee, which may give you an opportunity to keep up topped up with caffeine each month (and cat food for Miss Emily)! Thank you in advance if you do. xx https://www.buymeacoffee.com/biophilicdesign


MEDIA PARTNER FOR EVENTS THAT ARE MAKING OUR PLANET A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND FLOURISH

Proud to support industry conversation as MEDIA PARTNER

The JBD is super proud to be media partners for some of the Industry’s more inspiring events. We actively support events which are honestly trying to make a difference to the wellbeing of people and planet, whose founders and teams also advocate that we need a more green environment inside and out, and for whom sustainability is an essential achievable goal rather than a nice to have. We attend all of these shows, not just because we think it’s nice to get out of the office (which it is) but because we believe from the bottom of our boots that being in the same room all together we can make a difference, and the different showcases each have a different angle, and you can learn so much from each. Let us know if you’re going and maybe we can meet up too. Either way, get your tickets, and find your inspiration.

We are excited about partnering with the Biophilic Institute in America. Their mission, just like ours, is to ignite biophilic concepts into dynamic actions, cultivate a strong network of passionate professionals and thought leaders dedicated to fostering a biophilic movement, and equip individuals with the tools and knowledge to champion the cause of the natural world

 

TRADE ENQUIRIES - Creating Virtual Nature Walls with large scale landscaped murals, printed landscaped nature acoustic panels, chemical resistant high grade virtual reality aluminium prints (for NHS, ICU, A&E, Cancer Wards, education, workplaces, homes, hospitality). We can also offer you a bespoke Biophilic Design consultancy service.

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