![]() ![]() That began the journey: if joy could be designed, then how?” I started to ask professors to explain how things could bring a feeling of joy, and they couldn’t answer. “I had always thought of it as an intangible feeling-the idea that tangible objects could lift our emotions was confusing me. “I really didn’t set out to study joy at all,” she says. ![]() Her journey started with simple curiosity while studying for her Master’s in Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute. That’s the subject of her bestselling book Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. Lee has built a career studying the science of joy, and how everyday surroundings can engage us in ways that influence our emotional well-being. We constantly receive advice on how we could be happier-cleanses, retreats, mindfulness-but according to industrial designer and author Ingrid Fetell Lee, the secret ingredients of joy may be found in our surroundings. New York, New York | Michael Bolla, Sotheby’s International Realty – East Side Manhattan Brokerage ![]()
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