Contextualizing Conservation (01-17-13)
Saunders’ work recognizes that making design decisions without considering how they will mesh with the culture of the people who will ultimately use a space can be a risky.
Saunders’ work recognizes that making design decisions without considering how they will mesh with the culture of the people who will ultimately use a space can be a risky.
Recent research has shown that people doing office work need to be able to stand while working, when they choose to do so.
Kifer and colleagues have scientifically verified an effect that design researchers often uncover in the field - people who have more power perceive that their lives are better than those without power.
In practice, we often ask others to make choices.
In October 2011 a team of professionals (architects, campus administrators, and higher education association leaders) met with students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison “to consider the relationship between physical place and campus community.”
A study conducted by Chang and Pham, soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research, provides insights on the factors that guide decisions, particularly those made “when the outcomes are closer to the present time than when they are further away in the future.”
People designing places and objects won’t be surprised to learn that the placebo effect is found outside the context of medicine/healthcare.
The industry partners of the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley, have selected the Clif Bar and Company headquarters as the winner of the 2012 Livable Buildings Award.
Next time the information you collect from anonymous questionnaires seems odd, consider the research findings of Lelkes and his team
Should a designer, or anyone else, present options to others one at a time or all at once?