Meet Our Founder - Harleen Mclean
Our Story
Harleen McLean, our CEO is an accomplished designer and international life coach who has delivered seminars to over 25,000 professionals. Her intimate understanding of human behavior, combined with her dedication to design excellence creates a combination of experience and expertise that enables her to conceptualize, design, and deliver spaces that support wellbeing & healing. Most recently her projects have included clients in the USA, Kenya, Qatar, and UK.
Harleen Mclean Design is a global design studio that integrates well-being into every aspect of design. Our signature design code promotes healthier and more mindful living and working habits. Using Biophilic Design principles, we create unique Biophilic, workspaces, and homes that nurture individuality and well-being.
“Working with your internal state to transform your Biophilic space - thus facilitating the improvement of your wellbeing.”
Harleen Mclean
Why Is Biophilic Design Relevant Today?
The World Health Organization predicts stress-related illnesses will be the top contributors to disease. Urbanization reduces our connection to nature, which affects our mental and physical health. Incorporating nature elements into the built environment reduces stress, blood pressure, and improves well-being, productivity, and creativity.
Companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon invest in Biophilic Design to improve worker concentration, engagement, cognitive ability, and attract top talent.
How Do We Implement Biophilic Design ?
- Optimization and organisation of spaces with a human focus.
- Thermal comfort levels.
- Air quality, toxin levels and ventilation.
- Acoustic comfort.
- Improved natural and artificial lighting.
- Internal and external views onto nature.
- The use of natural materials textures, patterns and colours.
- The incorporation of recuperative spaces.
- Aesthetic environment with brand recognition.
- Psychological and physiological effects of the space.
5 Senses of Biophilia
Touch – Warmth from a fire place, natural ventilation, textured materials, cool surfaces and solar heat gain.
Sound – Plants moving in the breeze, water features, birds chirping music.
Smell – Fragant Flowers and trees, smells associated with childhood.
Sight – Aquariums, green walls, cloud movement, fracture patterns found in nature, circadian light, view to outside nature.
Taste – Gardening with edible plants, honey bee farm, fresh fruit and vegetable patches, freshly grown home planters.
We are committed to excellence and wellbeing, bringing your designs to life.