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by Lyssia Katan
Room to Think explores how the spaces we live and work in shape how we think, feel, and function. Hosted by Lyssia Katan, Head of Brand at LiLi Tile, the podcast features conversations with world-class architects, designers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and cultural thinkers. Together, they unpack how light, layout, materials, sound, and spatial decisions influence stress, focus, creativity, and wellbeing, and share practical insights you can apply in your own home or workspace.
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- 5 days ago1h 6m
From Curb to Counter
In this episode, Lyssia sits down with Dan D’Agostino, founder and principal architect of Plan Architecture, to explore what it really means to design a custom home. Working across architecture and interiors, Dan has built his practice around a “curb to counter” approach, thinking through everything from how a house sits on the land to how someone moves through the kitchen, and his work asks a deceptively simple question: what if your home was designed around the way you actually live? The co...
- 1 weeks ago1h 13m
Home By Horoscope
In this episode, Lyssia sits down with astrologer Anthony Perrotta, founder of AP Astrology, to explore the surprising connection between astrology and the spaces we live in. With a background in fashion, interior design, marketing, and more than 16 years of studying astrology, Anthony looks at birth charts not as fortune-telling, but as a way to understand patterns, preferences, and the environments that may feel most natural to us. The conversation breaks down what a birth chart can actuall...
- 2 weeks ago56 min
Light Is a Drug
In the first episode of season two, Lyssia sits down with Dr. Mariana Figueiro, director of the Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai and one of the leading researchers in light and human health, to explore how light shapes far more than what we see. Originally trained as an architect, Dr. Figueiro has spent her career studying how light affects our circadian rhythms, sleep, mood, alertness, and long-term health, and her work asks a simple, overlooked question: what if the light in ...
- 3 weeks ago31 min
Season 1 Rewind, Part 3: Invisible Forces
In this special Season One Rewind episode, Lyssia revisits some of the most thought-provoking conversations from Room to Think to explore the invisible forces that can shape how a home feels. Featuring Kimberly Gallagher, Danijela Saponjic, Tami Sharp, and France Brunel, this episode moves between feng shui, energy, clutter, Ayurveda, materials, and the nervous system to ask a deceptively simple question: why can we sometimes feel a room before we have consciously noticed anything about it? K...
- Aug 18, 202626 min
Season 1 Rewind, Part 2: Home and Memory
In this special Season One Rewind episode, Lyssia revisits some of the most memorable conversations from Room to Think to explore the connection between home, memory, and identity. Featuring Juhani Pallasmaa, Shavonda Gardner, Amber Dunford, Adam Trest, Miriam Carpenter, Maggie Wilkerson, Emily Campbell, and Dr. Esther Sternberg, this episode looks at why certain places, objects, materials, and rituals stay with us long after childhood—and how they continue shaping the homes we create as adul...
- Aug 11, 202626 min
Season 1 Rewind: The Science of Feeling
In this special Season One Rewind episode, Lyssia revisits some of the most compelling conversations from Room to Think to explore the science behind why spaces make us feel the way they do. Bringing together insights from Dr. Sally Augustin, Dr. Esther Sternberg, Dr. Anja Jamrozik, Dr. Kati Peditto, and Professor Justin Hollander, this episode looks beyond aesthetics to understand how our surroundings affect attention, stress, comfort, health, and the way the brain processes the world around...
- Aug 4, 202653 min
Murals, Memory, and the Meaning of Home
In this episode, Lyssia sits down with Hollis Callas, a California-based illustrator, muralist, and designer, to explore how art, nature, memory, and personal expression can bring a space to life. Working across illustration, textiles, tile, interiors, and large-scale murals, Hollis creates art rooted in the natural world and in the small experiences that make a place feel meaningful. From flowers sketched on neighborhood walks to birds painted across the sides of buildings, her work asks wha...
- Jul 28, 202658 min
Desire by Design
In this episode, Lyssia sits down with Professor Beatriz Colomina, architectural historian, theorist, author, and professor at Princeton University, to explore the hidden forces shaping the spaces we live in and what those spaces reveal about us. Known for her groundbreaking work connecting architecture with media, medicine, sexuality, technology, and modern life, Beatriz has spent her career challenging the idea that architecture is simply about buildings. Instead, she argues that our spaces...
About Room to Think
Room to Think explores how the spaces we live and work in shape how we think, feel, and function. Hosted by Lyssia Katan, Head of Brand at LiLi Tile, the podcast features conversations with world-class architects, designers, neuroscientists, psychologists, and cultural thinkers. Together, they unpack how light, layout, materials, sound, and spatial decisions influence stress, focus, creativity, and wellbeing, and share practical insights you can apply in your own home or workspace.
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