How Trauma-Informed Design Principles Can Be Health-Ful for All of Us – Learning from IKEA

Health Populi December 6, 2024
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

As a long-time fan and customer of IKEA, I receive daily Google Alerts about the company, from business finances to design trends. When I read this piece on IKEA’s work on a home designed for people who were homeless, I paid special attention to learn about the concept of trauma-informed design.

Thanks to the publication Retail TouchPoints and the author of the story, Adan Blair, for covering this project. The story has lit a lot of lightbulb inspirations for me in thinking through the role housing plays in human health and well-being, and also to inform my upcoming CES 2025 panel on Health at Home: Where Health Meets Smart Living.

Blair asks and then explains:

“What is trauma-informed design (TID)?...

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