Sarah Sloane
neurodesign for spaces + experiences
Sarah is a creative collaborator with over 15 years of experience bringing bold, immersive experiences and spaces to life. her approach—rooted in neurodesign and evidence-based research—explores how color, light, texture, and spatial composition affect mood, cognition, and well-being. She's known for tackling projects with grace, designing for surprise and delight, infusing humor whenever possible, and dedicating herself to the betterment of humanity.
Outside of work, she is a somewhat wobbly roller skater and someone who knows the best bakery in nearly every city.
clients include 3m, Amazon, Atlantic Records, Best Buy, Cargill, General Mills, Ipsy, Fender Guitars, Hulu, Johnson & Johnson, Lucky Jeans, pocky, Publix, Stitch fix, Target, Vegnews and Zappos
Q&A
How did you get into Neurodesign?
I designed sets and spaces for commercials and advertisements for most of my career. While they were often artistically satisfying to create, their capacity for personal fulfillment ended there. I had the opportunity to work on a Christmas project for Hulu that changed my hopes for my work. We created screensavers of puppies and kitties “opening” presents for the 2019 holiday. I hadn’t thought much about the project's impact while making it. After it aired, and I started to see its effects on people's lives, I wanted to be more intentional about how my work impacted others. The feedback from that video changed my entire outlook on why I design, and I decided to complete a Master's Degree in Experience Design.
What do you think about when you’re alone in your car?
I mostly wonder about random things--like whether or not spiders have eyelashes.
How would you sell hot cocoa in Florida?
Boisterously with lots of jokes.
What is something no one would guess about you?
I have aphantasia, which means I am not able to form any mental images.
If you could only
Teach me something I don’t know in the next five minutes.
If you are trying to determine if an egg is still good, you can put it in a bowl of water. If it sinks, it is a fresh egg. If it sinks but stands up on end a bit, it's older, but also the perfect age to hard-boil because it will be easy to peel. If it floats,
it's gone bad.
CONTACT
Send Sarah a message if you would like to book her for services or if you just wanna talk to her about Dolly Parton