The Perils of Familiarity (02-26-10)
Familiarity can be a problem.
Familiarity can be a problem.
More generations are living under the same roof, according to a recent survey by Coldwell Banker Real Estate reported by Yahoo News.
Naps are good for us.
Patients of any age can be stressed, but children may be particularly upset by hospital visits - no matter what your age, stress compromises the functioning of your immune system.
Kaiser, a principle with Perkins + Will, has integrated his own professional experiences with material from rigorous studies of effective (and ineffective) navigation tools to identify features of successful wayfinding systems.
Simpson reviews research related to the design of environments for people with dementia, particularly elderly dementia sufferers.
Designers and researchers from Perkins + Will interviewed adolescent residents of a behavioral health facility on the East Coast of the United States to learn more about their facility-related place-based needs.
There are a variety of noises in natural environments, and an increasing number of them are man made.
Northwestern researchers have determined why autistic individuals have unusual responses to touch-related stimuli – delayed development of the sensory cortex in the brain.
Often designers want to develop spaces that will strike an emotional chord with users, and one of the ways to do this is to include literal or figurative representations of valued locations.