Using Color on Surfaces and In Light – Practical Insights from Cognitive Science
Color choices have practical implications. Research by cognitive scientists on both surface colors and colors of light should inform designers' decisions.
Designing for Work Outside the “Office”
Investigators have learned a great deal about the optimal design of workplaces in homes, co-working sites--and corporate centers.
Signage that Works: Effectively, Efficiently, Aesthetically
Signs tell us what we should do and how we should do it. Sometimes the messages that we “read” from them are consistent with the objectives of the people who’ve designed the signs and other times they’re not. What distinguishes effective signs from ineffective ones?
In Practice - Street Seats
Street seats, places to sit bordering roads and sidewalks, make cities more pleasant places to be, physically and psychologically.
Learning More About School Design
Lessons for a new age
Comfortable Plaza Lighting
Effects of lighting options on plaza users' experiences
Differences in Preferences, Designers and Users
Training drives desires
Daylight and Pain Medicine Use
Treating pain with light
Window Placement in Healthcare Environments
Patient opinions: windows
More Benefits of Eye Contact
Looks and evaluations
Sounds and Safety
Soundscaping scary spaces
Green Construction and Health +
Being in green buildings enhances health and what else?
Material Alchemy
Thought provoking insights on materials
Design by IKEA: A Cultural History
Exploring and understanding the design repercussions of "Swedishness" for all