Creativity Linked to Color Green (03-30-12)
A team led by Lichtenfeld has linked seeing the color green and creative performance.
A team led by Lichtenfeld has linked seeing the color green and creative performance.
Distracting sound remains a serious issue in many workplaces and the GSA Public Buildings Service has written Sound Matters: How to Achieve Acoustic Comfort in the Contemporary Office to help rectify negative situations.
Researchers have found additional links between metaphorical expressions and how we live in our physical world.
New research on the underpinnings of design creativity and some unexpected consequences.
Does a lemon scent affect office workers' moods? Is the effect stronger in some offices than others?
The Harvard Business Review recently published a report on an office redesign project at Lilly.
Creative entrepreneurs are the rock stars, sometimes literally, of our creative economy.
Researchers at the Kellogg School of Management (Adam Galinksy and Li Huang) have found that “when bodily expressions are in conflict with one’s actual feelings . . . people become more likely to accept and embrace atypical ideas.”
Speaking at the 2011 meeting of the Environmental Design Research Association, Martin Hodulak reviewed his research with workers about spaces in which they need to be innovative.
Designers can have a significant influence on the level of acoustical shielding between spaces and new research indicates just how important that shielding can be.