48 Science-backed Techniques to Boost Your Creativity at Home   Winner of Six Awards: Nonfiction Authors Association, Chanticleer Book Awards, Nautilus Book Awards, American Bookfest Awards, and Eric Hoffer Awards. #1 Best Seller and #1 New Release on Amazon Creativity isn't all in your head. Sometimes it depends on your surroundings — especially when you're at home. For over twenty years, scientists have been discovering connections between physical space and the creative mind. Written by a noted architect, My Creative Space is the first book to turn this rich trove of psychological research into practical techniques for shaping your home for maximum creativity. Here's a sampling of the techniques you'll learn about:     Which colors lead to peak creative performance - How furnishings influence mental processing - Optimal lighting and noise levels for achieving breakthrough insights - Pros and cons of messy versus neat environments - How memorabilia can break creative logjams - Why ceiling height matters - Which home-based activities enhance creative problem solving - And more   Illustrating the book's 48 techniques are over 200 high-quality photos of creative workspaces and home interiors from around the world, many the work of top-tier architects, designers, and at-home creatives. Whether you pursue creativity for pleasure or profit, work from home part- or full-time, whether you're a writer, entrepreneur, creative professional, artist, crafter, or simply enjoy being inventive, this book will help you do it better. No prior expertise in design or psychology required! "Space matters -- a lot! It is the stage on which we play out our lives. This book gives readers tangible tools for creating spaces that foster creative problem solving. This is something we all need!" - Tina Seelig, Professor, Stanford School of Engineering, Author of InGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity "I found it fascinating. The idea is that we often use our creativity to decorate our homes and we might also use our homes as places in which to do creative things -- cooking, sewing, painting etc, but Rattner has distilled dozens of studies and scientific research to come up with 48 ways in which we can boost our creativity by changing our decor at home." - Kate Watson-Smyth, host of Mad About the House "When work and home life blend, it can be hard to find a dedicated creative space to do your best work. This book offers a blueprint to build (or just reorganize) one of your most precious resources for new ideas: your home environment." - David Burkus, Author of The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas "If we want to be creative, we have to make the space to create. Donald Rattner's beautiful book My Creative Space expertly shows how our environments can be engineered for inspiration and innovation. Your home life and your creative work will benefit greatly from this thoughtful manual." - Carolyn Gregoire, Writer and co-author of Wired to Create: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind "I'll go to any length to give my ideas a better chance of becoming real. My Creative Space has armed me with science-backed tactics for transforming my space to do just that. Whatever your budget or lifestyle, if your creativity is important to you, you owe it to yourself to read this book." - David Kadavy, Author of The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers , host of Love Your Work "This is an absolutely fantastic book. It's loaded with practical tactics and engaging commentary, alongside beautiful color photos. Each tactic includes suggested ways to boost creativity, along with supporting reasons for doing so and tips for implementation." - Nonfiction Authors Association "Kudos to Donald Rattner. His book My Creative Space offers an intriguing angle on my field of applied environmental psychology. A timely addition to the literature of creativity!" - Sally Augustin, PhD, Principal, Design With Science, Fellow, American Psychological Association Architect Donald M. Rattner  is the principal of an award-winning consultancy dedicated to maximizing occupant creativity in workplace, residential, wellness, hospitality, and retail environments. He works with architects, interior designers, educators, developers, business owners and creatives from all fields. Educator as well as practitioner, Rattner has taught at the University of Illinois, Parsons School of Design, and New York University, among others. His work and writings have appeared on CNN and in such venues as The New York Times, Architectural Digest , The Startup, Better Humans, and Work Design Magazine.  He holds a Bachelor's from Columbia and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton.