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Wellness in Design at ADAC

Jun 4, 2025
8:30 am—4:30 pm

Sponsored by ADAC, Benjamin Moore, Design Galleria Kitchen and Bath Studio, Luxe Interiors + Design, and Samuel & Sons

TRADE ONLY

We are thrilled to introduce Wellness in Design at ADAC – an immersive and transformative experience dedicated to the powerful intersection of wellness, design, and neuroaesthetics. Throughout this full-day experience, you’ll engage in thought-provoking conversations, hands-on explorations, and meaningful connections within the design community. You will leave not just inspired, but empowered to create spaces that enhance well-being and truly nourish the mind, body, and soul. 

8:30-9:00 AM | Wellness in Design at ADAC Welcome & Light Breakfast 

Location: ADAC Designer Lounge 

Sponsored by Benjamin Moore

 

9:15-9:45 AM | Wellness is Our Favorite Color: A Centering Experience to Begin the Day 

Start your Wellness in Design journey with Benjamin Moore for a calming Sound Bath Meditation with Chelsea Szegidewicz, designed to ground your senses and awaken your mind for the day ahead. This immersive experience will use sound vibrations to promote deep relaxation and mental clarity, setting a mindful tone for exploring the connection between wellness, design, and neuroaesthetics. Explore Benjamin Moore’s Designing for Wellness palette—developed in collaboration with Well-Designed—and gain insights into specifying with purpose and intention.

Sponsored by Benjamin Moore

 

10:00 AM-10:45 AM | Ode to Color with Lori Weitzner 

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In this presentation, Ode to Color, internationally renowned textile designer Lori Weitzner provides a rich, layered perspective on the use and significance of color in our world, including guidelines for putting that color knowledge to practical use in interior design. Each of its ten thematic chapters is an immersion into a distinct palette, exploring it through a diverse selection of imagery; excerpts from poetry, fiction, and children’s literature; cultural anecdotes; and personal stories and essays. Including insight on how color affects our moods, how it engages the senses, and how to use it to enhance where we live and work, this experiential course captivates, inspires, and informs throughout. Lori will demonstrate the immersive nature of color through our other senses including sound, smell and touch. 

Following the presentation, enjoy a hands-on exploration of color at Samuel & Sons and discover their exquisite line of trims through a new lens. 

 

11:00-11:45 AM | Breakout Activity: Hands-On Experimentation of Color with Lori Weitzner

Lori’s book, Ode to Color, will be available to purchase.

Location: Samuel & Sons, Suite 311 

Sponsored by Samuel & Sons 

 

Noon-1:30 PM | Good and Good for You™ with Chef Virginia Willis 

Virginia Willis is a French-trained Southern chef and award-winning cookbook author. A self-described “sturdy girl” since childhood, Virginia’s career of cooking, eating, and drinking, plus work and relationship challenges, created a high-risk lifestyle with inevitable mental and physical health problems. Stressed, depressed, and faced with the need to lose over 65 pounds, she reached a point of desperation and set out to change it. She lost weight and has kept it off for four years. Good and Good for You™ is her real-life approach to health and wellness, and in this enlightening session Virginia will share her real-life good and good-for-you tips for healthy eating. She will also disclose how to add doable stress-reducing techniques to your life and brain hacks for lasting change. 

Join Design Galleria Kitchen and Bath Studio in their showroom after the presentation for a live demo, lunch, and a book signing of BON APPETIT, Y’ALL with Virginia. 

Sponsored by Design Galleria Kitchen and Bath Studio 

 

1:45-2:30 PM | Wellness & the Mind-Body Connection: Designing for Healing and Well-Being 

Join LUXE Interiors + Design Executive Director of Editorial + Brand Content Kathryn Given in a conversation with Marie Cloud, Founder & Principal Designer of Indigo Pruitt Design Studio, and Nicole Baxter, interior designer at nBaxter Design, construction coach, and creator of the Neuroaesthetics of Home  theory. Together, they’ll explore how intentional design choices can foster emotional well-being, resilience, and connection—highlighting the powerful role environments play in healing the mind and body. 

Sponsored by LUXE Interiors + Design 

 

2:45-3:30 PM | The Neuroaesthetics Healing Journey with Lisa Staprans 

Join award-winning interior designer and author Lisa Staprans for an inspiring and visually rich presentation exploring The Neuroaesthetics Healing Journey—a powerful intersection of design, neuroscience, and wellness. In this thought-provoking session, Lisa will introduce the concept of NeuroBeauty, the intentional creation of environments that soothe, inspire, and heal through the principles of neuroaesthetics and biophilic design. Learn how our surroundings deeply affect our nervous systems and emotional well-being, and discover how to cultivate harmony, connection, and beauty within a space. Through stunning visuals from her own projects, Lisa will walk us through her signature design elements that support healing and soulful living: 

• Connected to the Past 

• Surrounded by Nature 

• Celebrating the View 

• Moments of Pause 

• Embedded Intentions 

• Light and Color 

• Elevated Geometry 

• The Soul of a Chair: The Neuroscience of Beauty 

Whether you’re a designer, wellness advocate, or simply seeking to create more meaningful spaces, this session will leave you inspired to reimagine how beauty and intention can nurture the mind and body. Book signing to follow the presentation. 

 

3:30-4:00 PM | Book Signing: The Soul of Design by Lisa Staprans
Following her presentation, Lisa Staprans will be available to sign copies of her book, The Soul of Design. This beautifully written and visually compelling work explores the emotional and healing power of design, offering deeper insight into her philosophy of NeuroBeauty and creating spaces with intention, meaning, and soul. 

 

3:45-4:30 PM | Mindful Mixology Mocktail Tasting 

Wrap up this inspiring day with a curated mocktail tasting experience. Enjoy beautifully crafted, alcohol-free beverages designed to delight the senses—an uplifting and wellness-focused way to connect, unwind, and toast to the power of intentional living and design 

LOCATION: ADAC Presentation Room, First Floor Atrium

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