Multiple Research Methods Best (11-17-17)
Recent research by Day and O’Brien makes it clear how valuable it can be to gather information in several different ways when assessing experiences in spaces provided.
Recent research by Day and O’Brien makes it clear how valuable it can be to gather information in several different ways when assessing experiences in spaces provided.
Wyles and her colleagues found that not all natural environments are equally restorative.
Research by Nguyen, Ryan, and Deci indicates that building places for solitude into a building/area is a good idea.
The Erickson/Newman team studied previously published research on children’s reactions to background noise.
Kennedy and his team have found that how we look at something, literally, is influenced by our genes.
Research by Sass and her colleagues reveals that air pollution degrades the mental health of the people who experience it.
Humans live better lives around plants – whether those plants are “real” or man made or pictured in artwork. Research in the sciences makes it clear that our green leafy friends can’t be ignored and shouldn’t be abandoned.
Cognitive scientists have extensively researched how the design of a building can streamline its evacuation. This article presents the most applicable of their findings.
In the last three years (2015 – 2017) scientists have been busy publishing important new insights on how what we see, hear, touch, and smell influences how we think and behave. Their most important design-relevant work is reported here.
Often designing a familiar-seeming sort of environment/object is best, although there are plenty of situations when unusual is a better design direction.