Project planning with the senses
Senses can play an enormous part in projects. Think how you feel when you smell strawberries, chocolate, coffee, or freshly baked bread. Incorporating images and colours associated with these items can potentially have an effect on the viewer. Colours are known to trigger responses such as red for danger, anger, Christmas, love. What senses might your designs and products stimulate whether intentionally or not?
It gets you thinking in different ways to ask odd questions, such as how does my product smell to the eyes!
Contrast walking into a store playing loud music against background sounds of nature. How you feel in buildings can make a massive difference to your experience. Executive cars can smell rich if they have leather upholstery. Diverse ways of looking further at the senses might include; how does my text sound – not the meaning; the look of the text.
I’ve always thought envelopes and stamps could come in flavours so they don’t taste horrible when you lick them!
Take a look at the many products and packages you see around you daily and explore what they do to your senses. Try choosing a sense that you would not normally associate with the item such as asking how flowers sound.
If you like the smell of this idea – give it a try 
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Everyday miracles of the planet
This is a mind map about gratitude and appreciation for some of the everyday miracles of the planet.
I am grateful for having a life
I am grateful for being able to breathe
I am grateful for the ability to walk
I am grateful to those who love me
I am grateful to those who care and share
I am grateful to those who help
I am grateful for my pulse and heartbeat
I am grateful for my teeth
I am grateful for my skin
I am grateful for my bones
I am grateful for my hair
I am grateful for my brain
I am grateful for my senses
I am grateful for my thoughts
I am grateful for my laughter
I am grateful for my fun
I am grateful for my joy
I am grateful for my humour
I am grateful for my music
I am grateful for my positive progression
I am grateful for feeling worthwhile
I am grateful for feeling inspired
I am grateful for feeling motivated
I am grateful for feeling appreciated
I am grateful for feeling helpful
I am grateful for feeling trusted
I am grateful for feeling useful
I am grateful for feeling alive
I am grateful for feeling on purpose
I am grateful for feeling committed
I am grateful for feeling passionate
I am grateful for the sunshine, wind and all weathers
I am grateful for animals, insects and birds
I am grateful for nature and seasons
I am grateful for water
I am grateful for warmth and the cool
I am grateful for food and shelter
I am grateful for drinks
I am grateful for my health
I am grateful for my shoes, socks and clothes
I am grateful of my umbrella in the rain
I am grateful for a hat in the cold
I am grateful for all the simple things in life
I am grateful for the wonders of the planet
I am grateful for the oceans
I am grateful for the rain
I am grateful for the sun and moon
I am grateful for waterfalls
I am grateful for forests
I am grateful for fruit
I am grateful for vegetables
I am grateful for bushes
I am grateful for trees
I am grateful for stars
I am grateful for day and night
I am grateful for blossoms
I am grateful for storms, thunder and lightning
I am grateful for the sky
I am grateful for the everyday miracles of the planet both large and small. The real diamonds; the affordable diamonds of everyday miracles.
What everyday miracles are you grateful for?
What might you add?
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