Three Types of Experience (5-30-07)
Desmet and Hekkert identify the three elements of subjective experience present during human-product interaction; these intertwined components of experience are also relevant to response to places.
Improve Mood/Increase Feelings of Wellbeing
Three Ways to Use Music (5-11-07)
Researchers have found that music in used in three ways by listeners.
Psychological and Physical Diversity in Adults (5-04-07)
The unique needs of adults with special needs based on their psychological or physical condition are increasingly being recognized, which has ramifications for the design of workplaces, homes, stores, restaurants, healthcare facilities, and other physical environments.
Workplace Focus: Evidence-Based Workplace Design
Three articles highlight practical workplace design guidelines as they relate to communication between co-workers, organizational knowledge, and office functionality.
White Light
Design tips for white lighting emerge from vision, photobiology, and human factors research.
Exchange between Lighting Scientists and Designers
There is a wealth of new information on the effects of light on health and implications for practical lighting design.
How Bad IS Neighborhood Traffic Congestion?
How does neighborhood design influence or mitigate traffic stress?
Recreational and Required Shopping: Different Place Repercussions
Recreational shoppers are interested in experiencing a different sort of environment than task-oriented shoppers.
Unusual Spaces May Indeed Increase Creativity
When people are emotionally ambivalent, or simultaneously experiencing positive and negative emotions, creative thinking might be enhanced.
Workplace Focus: Light and Color and Indoor Workers—Subjective Impression is What Matters
How do the light and color present in the workplace influences the mood of the people in those spaces? Researchers studied people at various latitudes throughout the world in real work environments to investigate these relationships.
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