Themed Environments—A Good Idea?
Increasing numbers of themed environments are being built. How does being in a themed space affect visitors?
Increasing numbers of themed environments are being built. How does being in a themed space affect visitors?
Badger reviews research related to the planning of suburban communities, and shares that information with readers outside the design world.
The Swinburne University of Technology’s Design Perspectives lectures are now available online.
Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas’ character in 1987’s Wall Street) thought lunch was for wimps, but millions of workers do eat lunch, some every day. Not a lot of workplace research has focused on their lunchtime activities, however.
MIT has just made available, free of charge, a useful tool for designers.
A recent article in The New York Times by Guy Gugliotta drew attention to the hard and valuable work of psychoacousticians.
There is a push throughout the professional world for creativity – but why are creative suggestions so often negatively received?
Kline and his colleagues have determined that national forests help us live healthier lives.
Professors at Wharton are offering advice to retailers that is useful not only for store management but also for the designers with whom they work to develop the environments in which consumers find themselves.
Here’s something to ponder the next time you hear that an environment is too noisy.