Questions and answers about loveiseverywhere

loveiseverywhere is a small movement from Biel, Switzerland. It collects photos of heart shapes found in everyday life, in stones, leaves, food, city streets and the sky, as reminders that love, kindness and joy are all around us.

The founder is Staschia Houda from Biel. Her story is told on our page Our Story.

While listening to Louise L. Hay, Staschia heard the sentence "Love is everywhere". She began noticing heart shapes, photographed them and shared them on Facebook. Soon other people started seeing hearts too and sent in their own photos.

To help people notice love in everyday surroundings. It does not need to be loud or grand. It is in small, familiar shapes and signs, in nature, on city streets and in everyday objects, and in the small acts of kindness that follow when we notice them.

A collective of people from different backgrounds, ages, genders, beliefs and social classes, united by a simple idea: love is everywhere. The founder is Staschia Houda. The design and art direction come from Esther Schenk Panic.

In Biel, Switzerland. The postal address is General-Dufour-Strasse 52, 2502 Biel. The idea and the community are not tied to one place.

In English and German. You can switch the language at the top of every page.

The website describes loveiseverywhere as a collective of people with different beliefs, united by one idea. The project is about noticing love, kindness and joy in everyday life.

Use the form on our page Share your heart photo. Name and email are required, the photo and a short message are optional.

No. You do not create an account and do not need an app.

Anything that reminds you of a heart: a stone, a leaf, a cloud, a puddle, food, a graffiti heart, a shadow. It does not have to be perfect.

JPG, PNG and HEIC from iPhone and Android. Photos are resized in your browser to a maximum of 2,000 pixels on the longest side.

Photos in the gallery usually carry the first name of the sender. If you prefer a different name, no name or no publication, write that in your message.

Please only send photos you took yourself.

Yes. Leave the photo field empty and tell us about your moment.

A poster designed to inspire love in everyday moments. loveiseverywhere creates a new one each year.

On our poster page and on the Media page, free of charge, in English and German.

A PDF in A4 format.

Wherever people pass by: at home, at work, in the staff room, on public notice boards, in cafés or schools, as long as you are allowed to hang things there.

Share a heart photo, hang up the poster, pass on the idea, tell us about people who spread kindness, or bring in your skills. All six ways are on our page Support us.

Yes. BrainStore, Restaurant Bözingenberg, hands-on-hospitality and Resonance Reset already support loveiseverywhere. More on our page for organisations.

If you would like to support the project financially or as a sponsor, please write to info@loveiseverywhere.world so we can talk about it personally.

Yes. Tell us what you are good at, for example design, translation, writing, photography or organising, and we will see together where it fits.

The website is created and supported by Smith & Victory.

The brain is very good at finding familiar patterns, even in random shapes. This is called pareidolia. Read more in our guide why we see hearts everywhere.

The familiar heart shape has a long history in European art and only became a common symbol of love over the centuries. Our guide on the history of the heart symbol explains the main theories.

On pebble beaches, river banks, gravel paths and mountain trails. Tips are on our page about heart-shaped stones.

Studies suggest that doing kind things for others is linked with a small but real increase in wellbeing. Our guide is kindness good for you? summarises the research with sources.

Holding a door, a genuine compliment, a thank you note, listening without looking at your phone. You will find many more in our list of small acts of kindness.

World Kindness Day is celebrated every year on 13 November. Ideas are in our guide on World Kindness Day.

By email to info@loveiseverywhere.world, through the forms on this website, or on Instagram at loveiseverywhere.world.

Messages reach the loveiseverywhere team in Biel directly by email and are answered by email. We are a small team, so please allow a few days.