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Nicole Craanen

Organizer · DISC type Sd
Founder & Owner at The Biophilic Design Institute
📍 Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Nicole Craanen is the founder of The Biophilic Design Institute and an international speaker on integrating nature into architecture and design. With a Masters in Human Ecology and certifications including WELL AP and LEED, she guides professionals to create healthier environments. Colleagues describe her presentations as passionate, informative, and memorable.

Outside of her design work, Nicole is a certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide and a trained yoga instructor, practices that deeply inform her professional philosophy. She lives in Brookfield, WI, and enjoys exploring the world with her husband and young daughter, having traveled to 24 countries.

Unique fact: Nicole is a certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, using sensory immersion in nature to help designers create more people-centric spaces.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Founder & Owner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States
Personality Overview

How Nicole shows up

Strong-minded
Slow Starter
Pleasant

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Nicole cares about

Biophilic Design
As founder of The Biophilic Design Institute, her entire career is dedicated to integrating natural elements and systems into the built environment to improve well-being.
Forest Therapy
A certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide, she leads walks and uses the practice to give designers a deeper, sensory understanding of human-nature connection.
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Career

Work history

2016
Founder & Owner
The Biophilic Design Institute
2-2019 - 10-2022
Interiors Coordinator
Aurora Health Care
8-2018 - 12-2018
Lecturer, Person Environment Interactions
UW-Madison
8-2016 - 3-2018
Architecture and Design Liaison
Brothers Business Interiors
1-2016 - 5-2016
Design Studies, Teaching Assistant: Interior Design 5 - Capstone Course
University of Wisconsin-Madison
In the press

Media appearances

Nicole Craanen, Founder | The Biophilic Design Institute. Featured in The Biophilic Design Institute (official website)
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Education
2013 - 2016
Master’s of Fine Arts Degree (MFA)
UW-Madison
2002 - 2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
UW-Stout
2000 - 2002
Studied
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

S

Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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