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Creating workplaces with employee health in mind is resulting in worksite design changes.
Research continues to explore the link between the air we breathe at work and human health and productivity. Several studies find building-related factors to be related to air quality, while equipment, such as new computers, can also pose air-quality problems. How people feel about their work environment also affects their satisfaction with the perceived quality of ventilation.
Measures to protect pedestrian safety sometimes seem counter-intuitive. What interventions are effective, and what can we do to reconcile the difference between what is safer, and what we think is safer? Originally published in Issue 3, 2004.
More homes across the country are being built with privacy in mind.
When presenting design and product options to others, use restraint—or you may doom your project to failure.
This book will gracefully introduce readers of many professional backgrounds to the field of design psychology, defined by the author as “the practice of planning, architecture, and interior design in which psychology is the principal design tool.”
In this issue we provide information for you from twelve separate journals, three magazines and news sources, and two web sites. These journals range from the American Journal of Public Health through the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, to the journal Perception—a wider range than would be on the reading list of almost any designer of the physical environment.
The 2004 conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2-6, 2004.
Donald Norman (author of The Design of Everyday Things) has written another classic book about design. In his new book, Norman recognizes the importance of user emotional reaction to any design, as well as the influence of emotional state on the work of designers.
Designing streets for pedestrians requires consideration of a basic concern—safety. Yet, many safety installations, such as raised islands, installed sidewalks, and pedestrian overpasses can be expensive to design and install. Can lower-cost interventions be effective?