Architectural Evolution (10-20-09)
While discussing the rebuilding of New Orleans, Curtis reflects on the evolution of design practices.
While discussing the rebuilding of New Orleans, Curtis reflects on the evolution of design practices.
When people are asked to select the “best” object, which one are they most likely to choose, the first one or the last one presented or one in the middle of the set?
Designers creating retail spaces, or refining the design of any space, will be interested in recent work by Brian Sternthal (Northwestern University) and Myungwoo Nam (INSEAD).
Zaradic and her colleagues have found that different sorts of nature experiences have different implications for a participant’s later support for environmental causes.
Amy Ando and Payal Shah of the University of Illinois have been probing where to place conservation sites.
Creating good rating scales for surveys can be tricky.
Sooner or later all professionals have to convince colleagues or clients to adopt their view on some topic.
Recent research conducted at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, indicates that when their worlds are in a state of upheaval, people are more likely to make an unusual choice.
People are just not very happy to be using certain sorts of services – who likes to get their car fixed? In environments where unpleasant things can be expected to happen, designers should help service providers reduce the uncertainty of the person served, by supplying tools to disseminate information about the service as well as the effectiveness/skill of the service/provider, all in a confidence-inspiring ambient environment. This reduction of uncertainty can be contrasted with a…
The Biomimicry Institute, founded by Janine Benyus, has created a new website assessable by the general public, asknature.org.