

Avoiding Sensory Overload in Design
Have you ever been fine and then suddenly felt like everything was just too much? There’s too much talking, too much noise, the music is too loud, the lighting is off. Sensory overload happens when one or more of the body’s five senses become overwhelmed. It can happen, for example, in a crowded waiting room, as a side effect of Jet Lag, or during an emotional reaction. In essence, the brain receives too much information to be able to process it properly. Sensory overload is

Color & Meditation
Explore the relationship between color and the chakras. Color plays a role in our daily lives, sometimes subtly, sometimes more profound. Focusing on color during your daily mediation can have a significant impact on your wellbeing. Color is present in both western and eastern medicine and philosophies. For this particular blog article, we will explore color from an eastern lens, seeking to understand the relationship between color and the chakras. Chakra is the Sanskrit word


Color & Taste
Color is the single most important product-intrinsic sensory cue when it comes to setting people’s expectations regarding the likely taste According to leading gastrophyscist and director of Neuroscience at Oxford University, Prof. Charles Spence, color is the single most important product-intrinsic sensory cue when it comes to setting people’s expectations regarding the likely taste and flavor of food and drink. "To date, a large body of laboratory research has demonstrated


Color & Workplace
At Mad World we believe that we're on the cusp of a mental health revolution. As employers and employees start to feel that they can talk more openly about emotional wellbeing and mental health in the workplace, and organisations increasingly recognise that wellbeing underpins productivity and engagement, a new world of innovative solutions is emerging. One of these is mycoocoon. Created by PANTONEUNVERSE founders Valerie Corcias and Dominique Kelly in 2014, mycoocoonis a pod


Healthy Staff = Healthy Profits | Well-being at work
A large proportion of our time is spent at work. If our experience in the workplace is one of the factors determining our overall wellbeing, fit and motivated employees can have an equally positive impact on the productivity and effectiveness of a business. Invest in your team, Invest in your business According to a recent article published in the Telegraph, FTSE 100 businesses that addressed mental health or wellbeing more than twice in their annual reports last year raked