Variations in Connection with Nature (07-29-09)
People’s feelings of connection to nature vary by season, at least in temperate zones.
People’s feelings of connection to nature vary by season, at least in temperate zones.
Environmental psychologists have known for some time that people convey information about personal attributes that are important to them through the spaces that they personalize, and that different impressions are often created in different locations.
We sometimes assess objects based on the other objects around them, and sometimes we don’t.
Researchers affiliated with the Center for Health Design present a valuable methodology that can be used by “agents of cultural change” and facility designers to coordinate their activities.
People often bond socially by discussing common cultural elements, according to Fast, Heath, and Wu.
Sadler and his colleagues have developed a “toolkit for leaders to use when considering a major building project, as well as a proposed return-on-investment framework to evaluate the business case for each EBD [evidence-based design] feature included.”
Just like other professionals, designers regularly need to name a product or service.
Think the language you are speaking doesn’t influence how you perceive space? Think again.
Fred Dust and Patrice Martin, both of IDEO, have learned a lot about the design of effective workspaces through their observational research at hotels.
Directions Research, Inc., in conjunction with Adobe, collected data from a random sample of 2000 white collar workers living in the United States to learn more about how they work now.