Uncategorized | Aesthetics: Art

Creating Spaces That Nurture and Inspire

How do you inspire children who are sick, who are injured, who are fighting for their lives? How do you create spaces that nurture their imaginations and engage their senses of whimsy and joy? Drawing on our expertise in designing art programs and positive patient experiences, we know that appropriate and thoughtful art and design […]

A Peek Inside the New Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Check out the artwork that we commissioned and coordinated for the new Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto. We are so proud! If you have questions about the artists, please contact us: info@aesthetics.net. Also, stay tuned to Aesthetics Inc. as we talk more about this amazing project.

Annette at the Design & Health World Congress

Our leader and visionary, Annette Ridenour, will be speaking at the Design & Health 12th World Congress in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, July 13, 2017. Annette will be in Session 4: Innovation in Healthcare Design – Case Study Projects, talking about our “Salutogenic Approach to Design of Children’s Hospital”. She will be presenting the incredible […]

Ancient Symbols Comprise the Aesthetics Logo

Experiencing the unique art, artifacts, and architecture of indigenous cultures has long been a passion of Annette Ridenour. In her travels, Annette noticed that prehistoric peoples often used symbols that feature the circle, triangle and spiral. “These symbols are part of our cultural DNA,” said Ridenour. “When founding Aesthetics, I wanted to use them as […]

Aesthetics In The Beginning

Annette Ridenour founded Aesthetics; then an artist transplanted from the Bronx, NY to San Diego, CA and managing an art gallery in La Jolla. The year was 1977. An architect approached her asking to put together an arts program in a hospital, an experience that was new to her. “I began by inviting over twenty-five […]

Recognizing the Value of Donor Recognition

Funding a modern Medical Center is a costly enterprise. These vital institutions are tasked with matters of life and death, and we all depend on them at some point in our lives. Medical Centers, in turn, depend on the funding of their many benefactors so that they may continue their ongoing operations and undertake capital […]

Generative Space

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO), a 443-bed comprehensive community and teaching medical center located in Pontiac, Michigan, received the 2014 Generative Space Award, which recognizes healthcare organizations whose architectural designs and organizational cultures combine to produce breakthrough, sustainable improvements in health and healthcare. Only one other organization received the 2014 Generative Space Award, and since […]