Reactions to Sustainable Design (07-09-14)
Susskind’s research on consumer responses to sustainable design elements can be applied in contexts beyond the hotel guest rooms in which it was conducted.
Susskind’s research on consumer responses to sustainable design elements can be applied in contexts beyond the hotel guest rooms in which it was conducted.
Taste-related words have a special influence on the way that we think.
Halin and his team have learned that there is a relationship between how hard it is to read a font and how easily people are distracted in a noisy environment while reading a message printed in that font.
Finnish researchers have determined that noise made by nearby workers has a persistent negative effect on individual performance.
Research recently completed in Sweden indicates that reducing traffic-related noise levels in buildings should be a high priority and that the tools used to do so can not only improve the health of space users, but also the planet.
Environmental psychologists (for example, Mahnke) have been discussing the dangers of understimulating environments for years.
Andrade and her team investigated the influences of a hospital’s social and physical environments on opinions.
Some workplace design strategies are based on the assumption that everyone can work successfully outside the office.
Creativity is valued among creative professionals.
Research indicates that approaching objects are perceived less positively than those that are standing still or moving away from us.