Public Bathrooms: Supportive Design for All
Public bathrooms can be designed so that they make the lives of users a little—or a lot—better. Social science research details ways design can provide welcoming, comfortable experiences to everyone visiting a restroom.
Cognitive Science Lessons: School Design
Research on educational spaces, at both the pre K-12 and college/university levels, continues to generate fresh, important insights . This new wisdom supports design options that make learning a more pleasant and productive experience.
Scents, Spaces, and Objects
Actively managing how a place or object smells is becoming increasingly accepted and strategically important. Scientific studies detail how to create scent-scapes that drive design solutions to successfully meet objectives.
In Practice: Design Lessons from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
What scientists have learned about our experiences in vehicles should not only be applied when new transporting spaces are designed, but also as more stationary places are being developed.
Walking Together, Getting Along Together
Another reason to build in opportunities to walk, indoors and outside
Harmonious Sensory Cues: Required in Retail
Consistency matters, a lot
More Benefits of Green Workplaces
Green boosts workers' professional experiences
Designing to Sell Healthy Food
Use islands not aisles
More Insights on Lighting’s Effects
Consider task difficulty
Better Understanding Work
Motivating workers via workplace design
Wayfinding Tools for Oldsters
A guide to getting people where they want to be
Doses of Vegetation
Vegetation cover and mental health are related
The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream
Form and culture: linked
The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About It
Compelling and concrete insights on cities designed for positive living