What does it mean when someone claims to be Evidence-based Design Certified?
I’m a super fan of the Center for Health Design’s internationally recognized EDAC (evidence-based design accreditation and certification) program.
Why? The program is arduous and legitimate and it awards a credential to “individuals who demonstrate an understanding of how to apply an evidence-based process to the design and construction of all settings that contribute to health, safety and wellbeing including measuring and reporting results.” (healthdesign.org)
Who are the people who go for this certification?
Architects, Designers, Healthcare Executives, Healthcare Providers, Academics, Engineering and Construction Professionals, Product Manufactures, and artists like me who REALLY CARE about designing—using methodology rooted in medical research for the health, healing, and happiness of others.
I got really interested in the subject after seeing lots of art and art experts claim that paintings with dripping blood and badly deformed items and unhealthy looking human figures and shocking colors and compositions were okay to promote as art for health and healing. It wasn’t okay with me, so I looked for a program that would teach/influence/inspire me to create art for the health, safety, and wellbeing of others.
Here’s an Evidence-based Art video I created as a little promotion. The painting is called Oh, Baby Blue! I Love You!