Distorted Perceptions of Reality (8-06-07)
Balcetis’ and Dunning’s work has shown that “the motivation to resolve cognitive dissonance affects the visual perception of physical environments.”
Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
Bored at Work (8-03-07)
Many people working in offices in the United States and Great Britain, not just those “performing repetitive or routine work,” are bored.
Human Comfort
Hands, heads and feet help sense temperature, so they should be considered when installing heating or cooling.
Home and Work
Several recent articles have addressed the relationship between home-based work and the experience of being home.
Design of Open-Plan Workplaces
Open-plan workplaces are not popular with the people who use them, but thoughtful design can help.
Risk-Aware Design (7-17-07)
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) used case studies and interviews with content experts to develop guidelines for risk-aware and not risk-averse design of public spaces.
Ways to Better Streets (7-16-07)
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has identified design features present in a diverse set of successful streets in the United Kingdom. CABE feels that successful streets “respond to the demands of climate change and shifts in culture.”
On Vacation Getting Outdoors Matters (7-06-07)
For people to derive the most psychological benefit from their summer vacation, vacation time needs to be spent outdoors.
Enhancing the Design of Single Resident Occupancy Buildings (7-05-07)
The size of individual rooms in single resident occupancy (SRO) buildings (also known as SRO hotels) is not as significant an influence on resident satisfaction as the design of resident rooms and their proximity to small, shared kitchens and secure bathrooms.
Associations to Circles and Squares (6-21-07)
Both blind and sighted people have similar associations to circles and squares, indicating strong consistencies in the interpretations of these abstract shapes.
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