My research essay will investigate how minimalistic interior designs impact people’s creativity. Most minimalistic interior designs consist of clean, empty, simple and modern looks that don’t allow much influence on the people surrounded by it. These designs don’t have unique aesthetics that spark creative thinking or have character in their furniture or decoration. While some may feel refreshed by the simplicity as it may comfort their lives with organization, others may feel trapped by its mediocrity. These rooms lack personality and hold back people’s ingenuity.
http://essay.utwente.nl/81024/1/Brager_MA_BMS.pdf
Background: This article examines the influence of interior designs on millennials and how it affects their creativity. They did this through a study of 145 millennials. It also examines how the design affects their mood which in turn impacts their creativity.
How I intend to use it: I intend to use this article and its results to demonstrate how different variations of furniture and accessories impact people.
http://www.creativejeffrey.com/creative/creative_spaces_Taher.pdf
Background: This article examines how different interior designs and architecture impact us and our creativity. It goes into depth about design involving other cultures as well as time periods.
How I intend to use it: I intend to use this article and its comparison of designs with other cultures to further examine effects on creativity. I also intend to examine the five environmental characteristics that predicted greater creativity.
https://jsos.journals.ekb.eg/article_225753_b862f35afd09da34e21df0f09c701d79.pdf?lang=en
Background: This article examines various minimalist interior designs and clearly defines what “minimalism” is. It discusses different spaces, textures, colors, lighting, arrangements, and focal points.
How I intend to use it: I intend to use this article to describe the basis for my claim, what minimalism is as well as the different types. This article will be used as the first step to then explain how creativity is affected by these spaces.
Background: This article discusses various different natural interior designs with material and patters that aren’t found in minimalistic design. It also discusses physical, social, spiritual and psychological benefits to this design,
How I intent to use it: I intend to use this article in comparing minimalist and natural designs and the benefits of having complexity and variety in surroundings. Natural interior design provides more of a connection to nature and has more origin to transcendentalist ideals where it is better for oneself to be close to nature.
Background: This article examines different visual complexities in interior design as well as free form and the materials used.
How I intend to use it: I intend to use this article and the different examples it gives along with images, of free form and the visually complex designs as they are not minimalist. I also intend to use this article to show how that will positively affect the creativity in that person and the freedom of thinking and inspiration it allows.
Counterintuitive Fall 2024 
I’m going to quibble early and get it out of the way. Soon after, I will praise the ingenuity of your chosen topic and intriguing hypothesis, about which we will undoubtedly grapple enjoyably for weeks.
Quibble 1.
You seem to haphazardly place two word spaces after your periods. The correct choice in every case is one word space.
Are you kidding me?
You might think so, but two word spaces gives WordPress (and every other text program) the option to start a new line with your second word space, creating raggedness along your left margin. You may not care, but the typographer in charge of publishing your manuscript will throw a fit. Start a good habit now.
Quibble 2.
My research essay will investigate how minimalistic interior designs impact people’s creativity.
—You’ve wasted a sentence here.
—You have a theory about this already. The right time to share specific information is immediately. Readers bore easily. Grab them without hesitation. Delete this sentence.
Quibble 3.
Most minimalistic interior designs consist of clean, empty, simple and modern looks that don’t allow much influence on the people surrounded by it.
—Stop qualifying.
—”most” and “much” are weak and serve no purpose.
—”Clean, empty, simple, modern interior designs spark no creative thinking. Such rooms lack personality and hold back people’s ingenuity.”
That’s your content, as far as I can tell.
I find this a thrillingly original hypothesis, such as it is, lil.sapph. I hope it will evolve into something even more audacious, such as a bold proclamation that a synthesized design that is both free-form and “less-is-more” but which incorporates natural elements such as wood grain or water elements provides the perfect “creation room” to nurture the inspirations of individuals or groups. Emphasize the “such as” three times.
The readings are fascinating. I will savor them both for myself and for whatever interference I can provide you as you start to develop your own ideas on this very broad subject.
As I’m sure you’ve figured out, the Biophilic article has less relevance to creating a space for inspiration than the other articles, but that doesn’t mean it’s void of evidence you can use. I’ll be curious to see if it proves useful to you in the long run. (There is crossover relevance between it and the minimalist interiors that depend on plants for their primary color ingredients.)
Please engage with me often on this project, lil.sapph. I want to stay involved.