next era living

What if the way we live is what’s keeping us unwell?

In Next Era Living, Scott Pettifer lays out a bold, grounded, and necessary rethinking of how we shape the spaces we inhabit and how those spaces shape us. This isn’t another book on home design. It’s a manual for returning to what we’ve forgotten. A blueprint for creating environments that nourish rather than deplete, align rather than distract, and awaken rather than sedate.

Blending ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science, Pettifer explores the hidden forces that affect everything from our mood and health to our sense of purpose and belonging. From the vibrational quality of materials to the emotional impact of layout, light, and flow this book brings clarity to the invisible architecture of human experience.

Whether you are a designer, a builder, a thinker or simply someone trying to live with more intention

Next Era Living is an invitation to step out of default living and into conscious creation. It’s about homes that breathe, spaces that support clarity, and a world designed to work with nature, not against it.

This is not idealism. It is design rooted in physics, biology, and deep human truth. Because when you change your space, you change your life. tricks.

“Completely reframed the way I think about space.”
This book isn’t abstract, it’s deeply real. I’ve made changes to my home, my workspace, even how I use light, and the difference is unbelievable.
Alex G., architect

“Should be required reading for every urban planner.”
If we designed cities, homes, or schools with even half of what’s in this book in mind, the world would be a radically more human place to live in.
Nina R., environmental psychologist

“It makes the invisible visible.”
It’s not just about beauty, it’s about resonance. Energy. Feeling. You start noticing why a room feels off, why some places calm you, others agitate. Game-changing.
Daniel P., Interior designer

“Not woo-woo. Not clinical. Just truth.”
Scott brings science and sacred geometry together in a way that feels modern, clean, and powerful. This isn’t spiritual fluff. It’s the evolution of design thinking.
Rafi Q.,  strategist

“My space feels different now. I feel different now.”
I’ve started thinking about every object in my house differently. The flow. The materials. Even the sounds. I didn’t expect a book like this to change how I live. But it has.
Elena T., artist

1. Space is not passive, it’s alive.
The environments we inhabit are not just containers. They interact with us constantly, shaping our thoughts, emotions, health, and creativity. Every material, sound, and layout decision carries frequency and consequence.

2. Energy moves through design.
Light, air, scent, and sound all shape the energetic quality of a space. These are not soft, aesthetic concerns, they’re functional aspects of how well (or poorly) a space supports human life.

3. Ancient wisdom wasn’t superstition, it was science expressed through intuition.
Sacred geometry, orientation to celestial cycles, material resonance, all of these were once integrated into buildings. Modern science is only just catching up to what ancient builders designed into stone.

4. Technology should harmonise with life, not override it.
Smart systems are valuable, but only when used to enhance natural cycles, not replace them. Homes should be responsive and intuitive, not overly mechanised or detached from rhythm.

5. Design should start with feeling.
A space that feels wrong probably is. Next Era Living encourages a return to instinct, asking how a space affects clarity, breathing, rest, and focus, not just how it looks.

6. Nature is the original designer.
True innovation comes from studying how nature already solves problems, through flow, self-regulation, and cyclical systems. Design should imitate nature’s intelligence, not dominate it.

7. Stillness and emptiness are part of the design.
The book makes a case for spaces that allow for breath, for silence, for transition. Good design is not about maximalism or minimalism, but about intention.

8. The future of living is integration.
Not choosing between new and old, science or soul, structure or flow, but merging them. The next era of design is not a rejection of modernity, it is a remembering of how to make it human.