Workshops & Masterclasses

Science-led workshops bringing research on perception, emotion and cognition into creative practice, helping designers develop concepts and make more intentional decisions about how people experience spaces and sensory environments.

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.

Discover how sensory perception, emotion and environmental cues shape our experience of space, and learn to apply these insights to spatial design.

We’ll explore new ways to approach a design challenge and develop principles to inform the spaces you create.

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 workshop explores how neuroscience can inform creative strategy for in-person brand experiences, from the role of sensory perception in shaping emotion and memory to the ways different sensory elements can work together.

Learn how to use sensory and behavioural insight to develop creative concepts with greater emotional intention. Working with a real brief, identify the response you want to evoke, map the sensory touchpoints that could support it, and develop a set of principles to guide the creative direction.

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.

Learn to identify the conditions that support different modes of creative thinking, and how to adapt your surroundings and working habits to overcome creative blocks and approach problems from new perspectives.

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.