A proprietary behavioral–spatial diagnostic developed by Cara Cragan.
Good design solves problems and inspires joy.
Strategy begins with instinct — what you tolerate, what you reject, what you quietly crave.
The Design Living Index™ is a tool for alignment, not a label. It helps surface how you think, what you value, and how you make decisions about your environment—so design can respond more precisely.
It maps your tendencies across two core tensions:
heritage — experimentation
structure — expression
Together these patterns reveal the instincts that shape how you organize space, move through environments, and design your life.
These instincts influence not only how spaces are designed, but how people experience them.
The Design Living Index reveals the values that quietly shape the environments you create and inhabit.
Take 5 minutes. Answer instinctively. Receive your archetype instantly and a deeper interpretation via email.
