The wellbeing design lab
A collaborative lab for interior designers, architects, construction, and real-estate professionals focused on healthier, more sustainable ways of working
The Wellbeing Design Lab is a membership-based professional community focused on the wellbeing, long-term health, and professional longevity of designers and creative practitioners. The Lab addresses how work practices, communication patterns, project structures, and industry culture impact stress, performance, and career sustainability in the design and construction fields. This is not a wellness program. It is a working lab—grounded in real professional conditions—where peers explore better ways of working, individually and collectively.
Members engage through:
Peer exchange and moderated discussions
Applied research and shared inquiry
Small-format workshops and roundtables
Collaborative pilots and experiments tied to real practice
If you’re interested in being part of this conversation, join the announcement list:
Updates on the opening announcement and first information session (no noise)
About the Lab
We are
A professional lab and peer community focused on designers’ health, work structures, and longevity grounded in real practice, not theory or trends
A think-lab for operational innovation, research, and problem-solving
A workspace designed around member wellbeing and sustainable workload
A community with shared standards, shared tools, and shared mental load
We are not
A certification program
A therapy or coaching service
A content newsletter or social community
What We Support
Healthier, more predictable workdays through evidence-based methods
Reduced work pressure through the Dochia Hybrid Method™
Access to collective knowledge, project support, and evidence-based work practices
Why It Matters
Across the design profession, research consistently shows high levels of burnout, stress, and job dissatisfaction. The “feast-or-famine” cycle leaves many talented designers without affordable infrastructure for marketing, administration, and steady collaboration.
The Wellbeing Design Lab responds to that gap. Alongside its research and project collaborations, WDL offers members access to practical wellbeing tools, shared resources, and supportive systems that make independent practice sustainable. Our goal is to prove that health in design starts with the health of the designer.
The Wellbeing Design Lab is part of the Land of Dochia Wellbeing Group ecosystem and operates as an independent space for shared inquiry, collaboration, and industry-level change