Busyness is Goodness (07-20-10)
People dislike being unoccupied, and clever designers may be able to reduce idleness in spaces they develop.
People dislike being unoccupied, and clever designers may be able to reduce idleness in spaces they develop.
pace design matters to non-human species, too.
In a famous experiment about a decade ago, researchers found that half the people asked to pay attention to something that actors in a video were doing failed to notice a person in a gorilla suit who walked between those actors.
Not all languages describe or discuss the physical environment in the same way.
Although multiple studies have shown that people speaking on mobile phones are not very attentive to their physical environments, prior investigations have often been conducted in somewhat unrealistic circumstances.
Porath and her colleagues have investigated situations in which customers see employees interact who are upset with each other, and the ramifications are dire.
Virtual environments have become extremely realistic, which has its pluses and minuses.
A recent series of experiments in mice indicates that the calming environments created for cancer patients may need some livening up.
Lenzholzer and van der Wulp investigated the ways that perceived temperature can be influenced in urban squares through spatial forms and materials.
The design of physical environments can reinforce or help change opinions about the organizations that control particular places.