The Hue & Heal JournalEssays, insights and field notes on designing wellness experiences.https://hueandheal.com/en-gbWhat entertainment knows that wellness forgot.https://hueandheal.com/journal/what-entertainment-knows-that-wellness-forgot/https://hueandheal.com/journal/what-entertainment-knows-that-wellness-forgot/For years the most careful design in the world was spent on keeping people watching. I spent those years inside it. This is what I carried out, what I left behind on purpose, and why I think wellness is where that craft belongs now.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)Why a design studio builds its own products.https://hueandheal.com/journal/why-a-design-studio-builds-its-own-products/https://hueandheal.com/journal/why-a-design-studio-builds-its-own-products/Advice is cheap until you have had to take it yourself. The Lab is where we test our own thinking on ventures we own, so the founders we work with get advice that has already survived contact with reality.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)Design your next chapter the way you would design a product.https://hueandheal.com/journal/design-your-next-chapter-like-a-product/https://hueandheal.com/journal/design-your-next-chapter-like-a-product/Designers have a set of habits for shaping things that do not exist yet. They work just as well on a career, a change or a creative block. An introduction to how coaching works at Hue & Heal Mind.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)This one moment defines the entire guest experience (and most hotels get it wrong)https://hueandheal.com/journal/this-one-moment-defines-the-entire-guest-experience-and-most-hotels-get-it-wrong/https://hueandheal.com/journal/this-one-moment-defines-the-entire-guest-experience-and-most-hotels-get-it-wrong/Arrival is your first hello. A walk through the brands that have turned check-in into a ceremony, and the Hue & Heal Guest Arrival Blueprint for hoteliers who want to do the same.Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)Goodbye nightclubs, hello third spaces: why wellness is the new nightlifehttps://hueandheal.com/journal/goodbye-nightclubs-hello-third-spaces-why-wellness-is-the-new-nightlife/https://hueandheal.com/journal/goodbye-nightclubs-hello-third-spaces-why-wellness-is-the-new-nightlife/Othership's raise is a signal. Social wellness is becoming the new third space, and the principles behind it are a masterclass in experience design.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)Introducing Hue & Healhttps://hueandheal.com/journal/introducing-hue-heal/https://hueandheal.com/journal/introducing-hue-heal/Why Hue & Heal exists, what we mean by feel good design, and what the Journal is for.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThello@hueandheal.com (Maria Valiji)