The beginning...

Estambul - Turquia Some interesting things have happened since I started sharing this idea about design and emotions with my closest friends. So strong reactions, emotional and somehow self-judgment appears in all the conversations. I presented the idea with the intention of receiving feedback on possible ways to go. How they see the concept and  if it can work? Our house is a reflection of who we are, so the issues we have will be reflected there. Maybe not in a physically way but in our minds. Sometimes they become the top of the iceberg of something much deeper. One of my friends immediately after I explained the idea, started telling me about one room in her house that she wants to transform into a TV room/home office. She has beautiful ideas, and she is excited when talking about them. However she was justifying her procrastination because there are so many belongings of her ex-partner in the room, and she does not want to deal with them. He died 4 years ago, he was a writer and this room was the place he used to write.  However it reminds her every day that is a project she really would like to do. When talking with another friend about the Project, she justified herself for not having a house, as she is always in movement. She works for a company and was living in different countries for 2 or 3 years in each place for the last 10 years.  Well, I said does not matter, maybe you are like a shell, and carry your house with you. It is interesting how some reactions are also related to other people. Like another friend who blames her husband for the disorder, not collaboration, etc. That she cannot make the space of her own because of his lack of interested. This first experience, baby step, showed me that when I asked people to think about design and emotions, state of mind, the first thing that appear is justification for the things that should be done or blame other people for not letting them do it. I feel is a good start!