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This content was previously published in RDC's July 2014 issue. Also below is additional free special guest editor content.

Research Conversations

Design That Make a Meeting Work

Meeting area design can make successful sessions more likely.

Lobby Design That Aligns With an Organization’s Mission

Well designed lobbies are organizational assets.

Feeling Out the Research On Tactile Experiences

What we touch matters, a lot.

In Practice – Prospect and Refuge

Including areas with prospect and refuge in designed spaces is an important principle of biophilic design.

PlaceCoach News Briefs

Promoting Quieter Cities

Developing quiet and healthy cities.

Retailing Research from Wharton

Review of optimal retail design practices

Temperature and Evaluation

More links between temperature and opinions

Lighting and In-School Behavior

Lighting that makes desirable behavior more likely

Office Glare and LED Lighting

Eliminating LED induced glare

Sensory Design

Create spaces for people with varying sensory capabilities.

 

Testing Conundrums

“Every design is a hypothesis waiting to be tested.”

Prison Design

Designing to smooth prisoner/guard interactions.

Book Reviews

Handbook of Anthropology in Business

Anthropology works!

Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening

New insights on soundscapes

Special Guest Editorials

Part 1 - Rational Results from Irrational Stakeholders

Designers and planners increasingly work on complicated, multi-stakeholder projects. Behavioral economics, a sub-discipline of economics that focuses on how people actually behave (as opposed to the prevailing “rational actor” economic theories that propose how people should behave), provides insights and approaches to help designers and planners better understand stakeholders’ perspectives and achieve successful outcomes. This articlee was originally published in 2011.

Part 2 - Rational Results from Irrational Stakeholders

This second part of a two-part article covers behavioral economics and neuroeconomics concepts that can assist designers and planners with stakeholder selection of optimal alternatives, stakeholder acceptance of mitigation measures, understanding large scale proposals, and improving long term decision making. This article was originally published in 2011.

Music and Nature at the Bedside: Part One of a Two-part Series

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.

Music and Nature at the Bedside: Part II of a Two-part Series

In this article, we will look at the impact of the “characterless walls,” as they define the patient space and how nature elements mitigate some of the generic, impersonal features common to institutional care. This article was published in 2010.