The environments we spend our time in shape what we feel, what we think, how we connect. Our places should be supportive of the lives we’d like to lead.

I work with people in homes, offices and common spaces to understand the ways they move and to create beautiful spaces that make them feel fantastic.

Reach out to me to discuss working together: james.risberg@gmail.com

🗣️ Some Testimonials

Kamile:

"Working with James fundamentally improved our sleep quality through what turned out to be surprisingly high-leverage environmental modifications. After my husband mentioned our bedroom "not being cozy" as a potential factor in our poor sleep, I invited James (whom I'd met at a recent party) to our house for a consultation.

James's approach combines careful observation with precise intervention. He assessed our space, listened to our desired outcomes, and proposed targeted changes: specific bedding materials and colors, curtains, and optimizing lighting for different parts of the day. The suggested modifications were simple but demonstrated a deep understanding of how the environment affected us.

Hiring James was one of the best investments I've made this year- minimal effort yielded substantial improvements in our sleep metrics. James even handled the curtain installation, which was particularly valuable given my lousy DIY skills.

His methodology seems to stem from an intuitive understanding of how physical spaces influence human experience, coupled with the ability to translate that understanding into actionable changes. We're already planning to ask for his expertise again for our new apartment to make sure our new space supports our life as best as it can :)"

🌱🌞 Daylight Showroom 🌞🌱

Daylight reached out to me and the great Ara Hao to transform a mostly empty room in their office into a showroom and demo lounge that embodied their cozy, vital vibe and vision for computing.

Creating life-affirming spaces for the folks shaping the tools that may become the tools that shape us is both ridiculously fun and of vital significance.

The environments our tech is produced in have a doubly potent impact, as they shape the ways those tools are created, which in turn form the technological environment that shapes us all.

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