Designing spaces that support healing, clarity, and calm through science, beauty, and purpose
At DesignWell Studios, we specialize in designing spaces that support healing, clarity, and calm. Every project is guided by science, beauty, and purpose, ensuring that your environment not only looks stunning but also nurtures your well-being. By thoughtfully combining natural light, healthy materials, and intentional layouts, we create interiors that promote balance, focus, and peace-spaces where you can truly feel restored, inspired, and centered in your everyday life.
About DesignWell Studios
DesignWell Studios is a wellness-focused design and consulting firm creating restorative, resilient spaces that support health, longevity, and quality of life across residential, hospitality, and wellness projects. Based in Portland, Oregon, we work with clients and project teams globally, translating wellness principles into clear, buildable design solutions grounded in environmental health and biophilic design.
Our Approach
We believe the built environment directly shapes how people feel, function, and live over time. At DesignWell Studios, our work is guided by a 9 Pillars of Wellness Design framework that addresses the essential elements of healthy spaces—indoor air and water quality, material health, lighting, acoustics, thermal comfort, energy flow, biophilic connection, and long-term safety and resilience. Clean air, safe materials, natural light, and connection to nature are not optional upgrades; they are foundational to well-being. Our approach integrates science-based design, building performance strategies, and curated material selection to create spaces that feel balanced, supportive, and deeply human. Wellness is considered holistically—from spatial planning and building systems to finishes, furnishings, and long-term maintenance.
DesignWell Studios provides design and consulting services, including environmental testing and remediation consulting, helping clients access accurate, high-quality testing through accredited laboratories and vetted companies. We work alongside qualified professionals to interpret findings and translate results into clear, actionable design guidance, material strategies, and implementation decisions that support low-toxin, health-forward spaces.
Who We Work With
DesignWell Studios collaborates closely with homeowners, architects, builders, developers, hospitality teams, and wellness practitioners throughout new construction, renovations, and active build phases. Known for clear communication and thoughtful coordination, the studio provides steady leadership from concept through completion—ensuring wellness goals translate into buildable, real-world outcomes.
Wellness Strategy & Project Marketing
In addition to design and consulting, DesignWell Studios provides wellness-focused strategy and marketing support for residential, hospitality, wellness, and development projects. We help translate health-forward design decisions, environmental performance strategies, and wellness initiatives into clear, credible messaging that supports leasing, sales, guest experience, and long-term value. Our marketing work bridges design, environmental health, and communication—helping ensure wellness is not only built into a project, but understood, articulated, and valued by clients, occupants, and stakeholders.
The Result
At our core, we believe spaces should support the people who live, stay, and gather within them—especially families with young children, individuals with health sensitivities, and those seeking environments that promote calm, restoration, and long-term well-being. The result is design that feels intentional, restorative, and quietly resilient over time.
This is wellness design.
This is DesignWell Studios.
Meet Michelle Bexelius
Founder & Wellness Design Strategist
Michelle Bexelius is the founder of DesignWell Studios and a wellness design strategist with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of design, health, and environmental science. Certified in Building Biology and Integrative Health, she has guided hundreds of projects nationwide-helping clients identify and address hidden stressors such as mold, VOCs, EMFs, and poor indoor air quality.
Drawing on her background in design, environmental testing, and biophilic principles, Michelle specializes in creating restorative spaces that support nervous system regulation and whole-body healing. Her mission is to bring the intelligence of nature back into the built environment, shaping interiors that feel safe, regenerative, and deeply connected to wellbeing.
What Makes DesignWell Studios Different
Science-backed, not trend-driven
Every decision is informed by building biology and health research. No fluff, no guesswork.
Designed to heal
From lighting to airflow to finishes, every detail is considered with your nervous system in mind.
Built for real life
DesignWell Studios meets you where you are: whether you're buying a new home, healing from environmental illness, or planning a full remodel.
Education and empowerment
DesignWell Studios teaches others how to bring wellness design into their own work. She trains professionals who want to do this right.
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You're Helping DesignWell Support a Healthier Climate
With 1% of every sale, we invest in next-generation carbon removal through Stripe Climate and Frontier, so your support helps restore the planet, not just your home. At DesignWell Studios, 1% of every purchase you make goes directly to Stripe Climate, helping fund Frontier’s $1 billion mission to accelerate breakthrough carbon removal technologies. From direct air capture to ocean-based solutions, your support contributes to building a healthier, more sustainable future-one transaction at a time. Learn more.