Shopper Expertise and Store Design (12-24-09)
Whether shoppers are experts in a product category or novices influences the best form for a shop.
Whether shoppers are experts in a product category or novices influences the best form for a shop.
Designers often want to change perceptions of apparent quantity.
How do the items on display in a therapist’s office influence the way that therapist is perceived?
Bringslimark and her colleagues have reviewed the scientific literature related to the psychological effects of indoor plants.
The ways in which music and nature impact patients can be caught in the conflict between technological and natural therapeutic interventions. This article was originally published in 2009.
Several recent articles have probed the importance of integrating nature into academic design.
Advocates of full-spectrum fluorescent lights (FSFL) believe that these lights offer unique advantages over cool-white fluorescent lights (CWFL). Researchers Jennifer Veitch and Shelly McColl have investigated these claims by reviewing research conducted from 1941–1999.
Tove Fjeld and his associates looked at how plants affected the health of office workers, while Larissa Larsen and her associates examined how indoor plants affected students in an office setting.
A report from the Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) and the Federal Highway Administration, titled Traffic Calming: State-of-the-Practice, covers a number of methods that can moderate street traffic. A related paper, also written by Reid Ewing (Rutgers University), concentrates on physical measures, since these are generally most effective.
Researchers in England report that smelling rosemary oil increases alertness and improves long-term memory. Their work also confirms previous research findings that the scent of lavender is relaxing.