National Culture Research – Practical Applications
Multiple researchers have probed links between national culture and design-related expectations and experiences. This article synthesizes study findings that have practical applications.
Design Priorities – What to Do When Everything Can’t Be Done
Sometimes, there aren’t enough resources – financial, human, or otherwise – to design in all the features that brain science indicates would improve the wellbeing of users. When that’s the case, designers need to make decisions based on the potential payoffs of available design options.
Green Design: What's It Good for Besides the Planet?
Green design is fast becoming the standard for creating new places and objects. It’s good for the planet, by definition, and cognitive science research has shown that going green has lots of other benefits.
Highlights of the 2016 Meeting of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics
The International Association of Empirical Aesthetics (IAEA) met in Vienna, August 29-September 1, 2016.
Design And Civic Engagement
Efficient and effective ways to improve society, by design
Awe: Additional Benefits
Enhancing our world, via awe
More Info on Physical and Social Warmth
Warmth and warmth again linked
Garden Varieties, and Their Implications
Garden type and perceived restorativeness related
Visual Complexity and Light Color
Change color, change complexity, change response
Side Setbacks Have Value
Again, size matters, sometimes
Burning Energy, Sitting and Standing
Calories standing = calories sitting
Overcoming Unattractive?
Unattractive neighbors, almost neutralized
Briefing for Buildings: A Practical Guide for Clients and Their Design Teams
An essential, useful toolkit
Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating
Eating explained, for designers and anyone who eats