Press release from AN-NA Design 2020-04-17
 
The home office goes into extension: How we can use the effect of colours positively

The lockdown is extended. And for many people, the home office work model is also being extended. Various studies are already predicting that the trend towards working in the home office will increase strongly after the crisis.
So it is high time to deal with the effect of furnishing colours on the human psyche. Which colours are beneficial for your own study, which ones increase concentration or creativity?

The importance of colours for the home office

Anna von der Heiden is a designer, artist and art therapist. The founder of the start-up AN-NA Design sees her special strength in the combination of colours and patterns. "Strong colours have always been my strength" she says.
As an art therapist Anna von der Heiden knows the effect of colours on the human psyche. She has learned which interior colors can be used positively.

Test colours in a measured way

There are different requirements for the home office than for living rooms. This requires a lot of sensitivity, especially when only part of a living space can be converted. Here the solution is: First of all, set accents with colourful living accessories.

The effect of a colour depends on the intensity

For all colours, the effect depends on the dosage, as well as on the personality of the inhabitants. What is positive for one person in high doses can quickly be too much for another person. This is another reason why it makes sense to first test the effect with the help of smaller coloured areas. Placing small coloured highlights in a room gives an immediate result. And it is much cheaper than painting a room completely.

Cushions as coloured highlights

Coloured living accessories such as cushions are very suitable. The startup AN-NA Design produces artistically designed cushions. AN-NA Design is a small cushion manufacturer in the German Area Bergisches Land. Striking on the cushions is their special coloring. Every piece is an eye-catcher. The startup offers 2 product lines: Real unique pieces with certificate or Limited Editions (small series).

The designer and art therapist has compiled the most important furnishing colours and their meaning:

Yellow

The color yellow has a great importance for the psyche. It promotes zest for life, optimism and joy, has a positive effect on creativity and concentration. Yellow reduces anxiety and depression and can have a positive effect on immune deficiencies. Yellow makes small rooms look larger. This colour is very well suited for offices, including the home office.

Orange

Orange is also an important colour for our mental well-being. Orange increases zest for life and optimism, has a positive effect on mood and self-confidence. Rooms with the colour orange radiate cosiness. Orange is the ideal colour for rooms with little daylight. A tip for quick transformation: Just a few coloured highlights in orange activate these positive effects, even without major renovation work.

Red

Red promotes vitality and energy, it stimulates the immune system. Red should be used in moderation, because too much red makes you restless. Therefore red living accessories and cushions are suitable for the home office and for living rooms.

Purple

Purple is the colour of art and inspiration. It promotes self-confidence and concentration. Violet should be used in doses in the form of coloured highlights in a room.

Magenta/Pink

This colour family stands for idealism, joy and order. Magenta can have a positive effect on mental shock. The colour conveys inner security.

Brown/earth tones

Rooms that are coloured with brown and earth tones have a calming and balancing effect. As a supplement, other colours can be used as highlights in the form of cushions, living accessories or plants, if you want to use specific positive effects for the psyche.

Gold

Gold has a stabilizing effect on inner insecurity. Gold promotes inner strength and inspiration. The colour gold is therefore well suited for use in a home office or in your living area.

Green

Green harmonizes and calms, it conveys security and hope and increases creativity. Green is therefore also well suited for the home office, but should be used in moderation - for example in the form of plants or colourful living accessories that add a splash of colour to green.

Blue

Blue stands for trust and calm, it helps with sleep disorders, but also promotes clear, structured thinking. Blue is often used extensively in rooms for relaxation, preferably in the bedroom. It can also be used in the home office in the form of colourful living accessories. Small rooms appear larger with blue wall design.

Turquoise

Turquoise is also recommended for the home office when used for small areas or colorful eye-catchers. Because turquoise gives inner clarity, self-confidence and serenity.

White

White can be used very well to brighten up a room or to complement another living colour and enhance its effect with the colour contrast. A room entirely in white does not stimulate creativity. So it is better to use white only for a part of a room.
Anna von der Heiden has a lot of insider experience when it comes to the colourful design of offices - as an employee. Before she turned her passion into her profession, she worked for 32 years in the Lufthansa Group, in various administrative positions. "I have felt I spent months of my life in meetings" she says. What was particularly stuck? "The colorless interior. Do you know of an office or conference room with stimulating colorful design? I do not. But it would be so simple. The advertising industry has been showing us how to do it for a long time."
 
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Founder
AN-NA Design
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D - 53804 Much
Germany

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Photo credit:
Living and cropped photos: Anna von der Heiden.
Portrait photos: Susanne Neßhöver