Workshops & Masterclasses

Bespoke sessions exploring how our understanding of the human mind can open up new ways of thinking about spaces, experiences and creative practice.

Neuroscience, creative strategy and design thinking, applied to human experience.

Hospitality

Spaces for feeling

How can the environments we create shape how people experience, remember and connect with a place?

This session explores how neuroscience and neuroaesthetics can inform the design of environments that create intrinsic emotional resonance and a deep sense of place.

FOR
Hospitality brands · Designers · Architects

Experience Design

Designing beyond the visual

As brand experiences become increasingly sensory, personalised and narrative-led, how we make people feel matters more than ever.

This session explores how sensory experience can deepen emotional resonance, shape memory and create context-driven connections between people, brands and place.

FOR
Experience designers · Creative studios · Cultural spaces

Creative Practice

Cultivating creative states

What would change if you understood the conditions in which your own creativity thrives?

Exploring the relationship between creativity, attention, environment and emotional state - and what neuroscience can reveal about our own creative practice.

FOR
Designers · Strategists · Artists · Individuals

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  • “Saskia’s work on scent and sensory detail was essential in making something new feel intuitive, pleasurable, and part of a daily ritual.”

    Rollr, a Mother Design brand, award-winning luxury deodorant

  • “Saskia blended science and creativity in a way that felt effortless.”

    Design Hotels

  • “Saskia is insightful as she is inspiring and makes information easy to digest.”

    Hausense Design, Masterclass on Neuroscience in Design

  • “What sets Saskia apart is her ability to translate complex science into accessible insights. Neuroscience became something participants could hold, play with, and recognize in their own creative lives. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to any community serious about creativity, meaning, and making science feel alive.”

    Catalyst, Institute for Creative Arts and Technology

Built around your brief.

The workshops above provide starting points, but I also design bespoke sessions around a team's particular challenge, audience or creative project.