PROJECTS

Explore how DesignWell Studios brings wellness into spaces, brands, products, and experiences. Each project combines environmental insight, human-centered design, creative direction, and practical strategy.

At DesignWell Studios, wellness and design are inseparable. Every project begins with a simple question: how can this environment, brand, or experience better support the people it serves?

Our work spans interior design, landscape design, branding, content, websites, product concepts, and strategic development. Across each discipline, we combine environmental wellness, human-centered design, creativity, and practical strategy to create work that feels clear, thoughtful, restorative, and built to last.

From healthier homes and biophilic landscapes to brand identities, presentations, websites, and market strategies, every project is shaped by a deep understanding of how people experience space, information, and connection. We consider not only how something looks, but how it feels, functions, communicates, and supports long-term well-being.

We collaborate with homeowners, practitioners, designers, builders, developers, manufacturers, and wellness-focused organizations. Some projects involve creating restorative interiors or selecting healthier materials. Others focus on clarifying a company’s message, developing educational content, shaping a customer experience, or translating a complex idea into an engaging visual story.

Our approach brings together insight and imagination. We balance health, sustainability, usability, aesthetics, and strategy to create solutions that are both meaningful and effective.

Explore a selection of projects across:

Interior Design
Wellness-focused homes, restorative rooms, healthy materials, lighting, sensory design, and biophilic interiors.

Landscape Design
Nature-connected outdoor environments that support restoration, beauty, biodiversity, and everyday well-being.

Branding + Creative Direction
Visual identity, presentations, campaigns, websites, content, and customer-facing materials that communicate with clarity and purpose.

Strategy + Experience Design
Positioning, messaging, product concepts, educational resources, market strategy, and human-centered experiences that help ideas connect and grow.

Each project reflects the same goal: to bring more health, beauty, clarity, and connection into the places, brands, and experiences that shape how people live, work, heal, and gather.

A person with a hat and red jacket sitting on a rocky ledge with a dog, overlooking a valley with a river and mountain ridges, as the sun shines through clouds.

Take a look at my photographs here. I used to be a professional photographer, now I take photos in nature. I love macro photography.

A mood board titled 'Madrone' with various interior design elements including a wooden slat wall, a terrazzo surface, soft fabrics, and warm earthy tones like tan, rust, and olive green. It features textures such as wood, stone, and fabric, and shows

Design board showing color and material palette for a house named THE MADRONE, featuring a photo of a large tree and an exterior house picture. The palette includes shades of green, beige, brown, and white. Text describes interior and exterior paint

A modern kitchen with light wood cabinets, white tile backsplash, and large windows, decorated with a small plant in a terracotta pitcher on the counter.

Design board labeled 'The Spruce' with color and material palette details including paint colors, cabinets, flooring, countertop, tile, metal, lighting, and wood. The background features a faint leaf illustration and the bottom notes 'Concept Plan +

A mood board for a design project titled 'The Cedar' with a color and material palette. The palette includes shades of green, beige, brown, and white, along with descriptions of various materials such as paint, cabinets, flooring, countertop, tile, m

A mood board titled 'Cedar' with images of wood, natural textures, and interior design elements, including a kitchen, living room, and outdoor space.

Design development document page showing color palette and material specifications for a project, with text describing paint, cabinets, flooring, countertop, tile, metal, lighting, and wood finishes.

Mood board titled 'Alder' displaying various interior design elements including wooden kitchen cabinets, open shelving with dishware, a kitchen sink with a gold faucet, a green plant, a woven rug, a wooden door, modern lighting fixtures, and a bed wi

Mood board for a coastal living room with white sofa, rattan armchair, wicker side table, leafy houseplants, woven rug, ceiling fan, round mirror, table lamp, and accent pillows in neutral tones.

DesignWell Colors for Afm Safecoat. Biophilic color line that mimics nature to boost well being. Non toxic paints, healthy building materials.

Modern Nature Knows Best - Design Competition (Copy)

Indoor water feature with green plants and blue lighting, surrounded by white furniture.

Serving Up Style - Botaniculture by Michelle Bexelius --Bringing in the elements of outside in to connect with nature. Custom chicken coop, live edge table and sustainable non toxic furniture and custom designed light fixture by Michelle Bexelius in

A wet garden pathway with stone tiles, surrounded by lush green plants, trees, and shrubs, on a rainy day.

A backyard garden with a stone pathway, surrounded by various green plants and bushes, with a blue house and vehicles visible in the background. The scene appears to be wet.

Elevated Backyard design for small spaces (Copy)

Contemporary interior design mood board featuring neutral colors, modern furniture, abstract wall art, black and white lighting fixtures, a white sofa, green leaves, textured wood, and a quote by Leonardo da Vinci.

Baby clothes hanging on a clothesline, changing table with baby supplies, and a beige chair in a nursery with green walls.

A baby crib with a blanket and pillows inside, positioned against a light green wall with two framed pictures. To the right, a small table holds children's toys, books, and a box.

A presentation slide titled 'Eco Nursery Design for HGTV', with images of a nursery, people, and text including Green This Life and Michelle Bexelius.

Kitchen with white cabinets, wooden countertops, and a window above the sink. Contains appliances like a dishwasher, oven, stovetop, and kettle, with decorative items and potted plants.

A WellBuild LAB LAG Test Pump device on a wooden surface next to a small air plant and a red-capped test tube.

Lighting plan for a house showing various light fixtures, including pendant lights, canned lights, wall lights, sky lights, fans, and bathroom sconces, with labels and diagram details.

Floor plan of a house with a living room, dining area, kitchen, three bedrooms, one bathroom, and a staircase in the center.

Kitchen design plan with a photo of a modern kitchen featuring a kitchen island with a white countertop, light wood cabinets, and a light wood pendant light fixture. The plan includes additional lighting details and measurements.

A chart illustrating the benefits of biophilic design elements in various natural environments, including forest bathing and beachcombing. It features circles with color names such as eucalyptus, spruce, wild mushroom, fir, sand dollar, seagrass, sur

Text explaining DesignWell Colors collection, created by Michelle Bexelius, inspired by nature, with information about her background and the collection's purpose.

Photograph of a bedroom showing a before-and-after comparison of a redecorated room with a bed, nightstands, a window, and decorative elements, showcasing a transformation in decor and color scheme.

Business card for Lindsay Kandra, legal curator at core creative, with contact information including phone number, email, and website.

The phrase "nutritional love" with the word "love" featuring a tomato slice as the "o" and a green sprout on top, written in a minimalist style.

Book cover of 'The Joy of Franics: Straight Relationship Input for Men' by Jody Francis, featuring a black background with red, white, and gray text and design elements.

A collage of images showing people painting walls with colorful paints, advertising Colorhouse interior paint, featuring women, men, and a dog in a living room setting with large windows and a blue wall.

Close-up of a granite countertop surface with black, gray, and white speckles and four circular cutouts.

Close-up of a weathered metallic surface with scratches, paint chipping, and corrosion.

Indoor fitness space with green artificial turf, wooden exercise equipment, and a wall covered with plants. There are fitness machines and a large window in the background.

Indoor fitness area with exercise equipment such as treadmills and elliptical trainers, featuring large windows, a natural light ambiance, and greenery outside.

Article titled "Positive and negative mood states (2)" discussing the impact of Biofit sessions on mood, with charts showing increased positive mood scores and decreased negative mood scores before and after sessions. Contains a photo of a smiling wo

A stack of smooth, white pebbles arranged one on top of another on a grassy surface, with blurred green background.

Indoor setting with a woman seated cross-legged on a bed, surrounded by green plants and natural decor, demonstrating a wellness or relaxation space.

A page from a document or presentation with the title 'BIOPHILIC DESIGN' and a subtitle 'GO WITH THE FLOW' by Michelle Iversen. The background features an upward view of tree branches and yellow leaves against a blue sky.

A page from a wellness magazine with tips for indoor air quality, including sections on testing, cleaning, filtration, ventilation, crawlspace, and humidity, featuring three light green bottles in the foreground.

A page from a wellness and environmental health brochure featuring sections on temperature, mold, insulation, and scheduling home maintenance. The page includes images of a person spraying cleaning product, a person vacuuming, an air vent cover, insu

A magazine page featuring an article about three simple design steps to improve a home's look and feel through biophilic design. The page includes a close-up photo of a woman with long, wavy blonde hair wearing a light-colored sweater, and a window i

Image of a living room with a white sofa decorated with cushions, a wooden round coffee table, a potted plant, and a patterned rug.

Guide listing three simple steps to create a home environment that looks and feels good, emphasizing natural textures, elements of nature, and calming colors.

A magazine page about biophilic design outdoors featuring pink and white flowers, green leaves, and a photo of a smiling woman with dark hair and a pearl necklace. The page includes text about spring and outdoor wellness.

Collection of images including a blue garden vase, a brick patterned walkway, an outdoor dining setup with string lights, a tree with purple flowers, and a hummingbird at a pink flower.

A cover page of a publication titled "Biophilic Design" by Michelle Iversen. It features a wooden structure with lattice design set among trees with bare branches and snow on the ground, and the sky in the background.

Cover page of a publication showing a modern building with a curvilinear roof structure, glass walls, and surrounding gardens. The photo is taken during the evening with lighting highlighting the architecture. The text mentions the VanDusen Botanical

Indoor garden with lush green plants, waterfall feature, and visitors walking around in a large atrium with a glass ceiling.

A webpage with environmental and urban connectivity topics, featuring a cityscape with highways and green areas, and a section about Singapore's Jewel indoor waterfall.

Event flyer for the Wellness Real Estate Summit held from August 4-6, 2021, featuring speaker headshots, names, and a quote about understanding connection to nature to help sell more homes.