Warm Backgrounds, Warm Assessments (08-04-17)
Choi, Chang, Lee, and Chang investigated how color can influence assessments.
Promote Social Behavior/Support Diversity
More Info on Physical and Social Warmth
Warmth and warmth again linked
Walking Together, Getting Along Together
Another reason to build in opportunities to walk, indoors and outside
Lighting and Conflict Resolution
Another reason to manage light color and intensity
Communicating by Smell (04-17-17)
De Groot, Semin, and Smeets provide additional information about how scents influence how we interact with each other.
Designing Façades to Be More Than Just Pretty Faces
Façades are more than just skins that surround a structure. Their design influences the thoughts and behaviors of viewers, sometimes without their knowledge. Cognitive science research can be used to make it more likely that the designs of façades send chosen messages and encourage desired behaviors, inside and out.
Using Maslow to Structure Workplace Design
It’s difficult to design a workplace where employees perform to their full potential over an extended period of time. Using Maslow to guide design decisions increases the likelihood that design-based objectives are achieved and employees have positive at-work experiences.
Warm Color Backgrounds (02-24-17)
Research by Choi and her team indicates that a lot of walls in video conference centers and other locations should be painted warm colors.
Resident Preferences and Walkability (01-30-17)
Brookfield probed how resident preferences align with neighborhood design elements that have been tied to walkability.
Looking Up, Looking Down
Thinking changes with a tip of the head
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