"Houses talk about the life and personality of the residents"

As Marcel Wonders, a Dutch product and interior designer, said, "What is around a person makes that person," a home affects people more than clothes.

The surroundings of the Japanese are full of useful and functional things, and before you know it, you are always surrounded by new things. Cars, televisions, and refrigerators that did not exist 70 years ago, and smartphones that did not exist 20 years ago have now become commonplace.

In the past, the Showa lifestyle represented by "Chibi Maruko-chan", where the family was united around a TV in the living room. Now I think everyone is holding a smartphone and looking at what they like.

With the spread of smartphones, our environment is about to change significantly. There is no need to go out to eat or shop in the city, and you can work at home or anywhere you like.

Such a life is convenient, but does it really improve the quality of our lives and enrich our lives?

We should already have the things we need to live.

When will you realize what you really need and what is important?

What on earth do we lose in exchange for getting a smartphone that is more convenient than ever before?

There was once a movie about a human living in a virtual reality called the Matrix.

It's been 20 years since then, but I never imagined that such a thing would really happen in reality.

Were we able to achieve true happiness in a world like the Matrix?

"Buildings make people"

There is a saying that "buildings make people". It means that if you are in a good environment, you will grow into a good person, but in fact, this word has a preface that "first of all, people build buildings, and by living in that building, personality is formed".

In the old days, houses were increasingly evolving, such as gradually using windows and eaves to relieve the heat and cold, and now using electricity to control various environments.

When it comes to environmental problems and environmentally friendly housing, it is easy to talk only from the perspective of energy saving, but what is more important than that is the environment in the body.

Living in modern society, we are exposed to various stresses in our highly developed urban life, and we are facing health problems such as lifestyle diseases, mental illnesses, and an increase in allergies.

For example, the number of children with hypothermia is increasing, and the number of patients with depression and manic depression is increasing...

The background of these health problems is a convenient life and less stimulating living, such as nocturnal life, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, irregular diet, stress, and indoors with almost homogeneously controlled brightness and temperature throughout the year and day. Two factors of the environment can be considered.

When lifestyle habits are disturbed, the biological rhythm that is in charge of people's health is easily disturbed. Among them, the most important is the 24-hour biological rhythm called "Circadian Rhythm".

If the circadian rhythm is normal, people will naturally feel sleepy at night and wake up in the morning.

In addition, the secretion of hormones that control physical and mental health is also controlled by circadian rhythm. It is known that if these are not done properly, they will cause various problems for physical and mental health.

The latest is always convenient and comfortable, but how meaningful is it to own it? Can't it be said to be happy without it?

It should be a convenient and comfortable world every year, but new problems are born one after another, and even though we have many things in our hands, it is difficult to feel happy every day.

Excessive convenience and comfort, on the contrary, make people's sensitivity dull and overreact to slight changes and stimuli.

Using SNS to communicate with people around the world is very exciting, but relationships with people close to you should be much more important.

I think what we really need is not a comfortable, convenient and luxurious life, but a healthy human life that can get seasonal changes and natural stimulation.

For example, important family members and pets, cherished accessories, Christmas trees that you only use once a year, there are things that are not as convenient or essential as they are necessary to spend your life richer.

The time of the sunset when the bright red sun sets on the horizon.

While slowly changing the color of the sky, the magic hour slowly heads to a wonderful night, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant breeze.

Such moments teach us the value of irreplaceable and important things.

When it comes to living, it is easy to suddenly become aware of convenience and comfort, such as the latest equipment and performance, but no matter how nice the appearance is, if the content is not included, it is not attractive at all.

If you think of a house as an important place to spend a comfortable time, not only by design and function, you will surely find the answer to what a real "good home" should be.

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At In the Light, with the theme of "enjoying the lights", we propose a sophisticated and high-quality lifestyle through interior design with beautiful and comfortable lights.

We provide general interior design for homes, from house renovations and renovations to lighting and original furniture, mainly in Kumamoto and Fukuoka. Please feel free to contact us first.

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