Restorativeness of Vacation Spots
People developing vacation spots, or other sorts of places, need a good understanding of how design can help humans restock their mental energy.
People developing vacation spots, or other sorts of places, need a good understanding of how design can help humans restock their mental energy.
Museums provide a space for patrons to think, reflect and ponder.
A team led by Lichtenfeld has linked seeing the color green and creative performance.
Beale reports on a new design option from Del Webb, which builds communities for people 55 and older – snore rooms.
Research conducted by Sreedhari Desai and Francesca Gino confirms the importance of the nonverbal cues we find in our physical environment.
Recent research links traveling through doorways and forgetting.
Increasing numbers of themed environments are being built. How does being in a themed space affect visitors?
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
As snow covers most of North America, and office workers’ views of nearby nature are shrouded under a thick white blanket, thoughts turn to potted plants in offices.
Our seated posture influences if we think and behave as if we have power.