Encouraging Sustainable Behavior (01-12-12)
Niki Harre, a professor at the University of Auckland, is making available free at the website noted below a book length discussion of “strategies to inspire sustainability.”
Niki Harre, a professor at the University of Auckland, is making available free at the website noted below a book length discussion of “strategies to inspire sustainability.”
McCarley and his associates compared the ability of younger (early 20’s) and older (early 70’s) people to quickly pick particular information out of visual clutter.
Research regularly reported here links personality and preferred place design.
The annual Design Research Conference is an important source of information and inspiration to the design research community.
A number of recent studies address the psychological ramifications and power of color. In general, color can add much to work and indoor spaces, as well as influence other perceptions.
How can experiences be more intense?
Frankel and Bar-Haim, who are associated with Tel Aviv University, learned that the sensory systems of anxious people are not hyper-vigilant as previously believed, but instead not as alert as those in the non-anxious.
Worldchanging “is an online, open-source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.”
The Center for the Built Environment at the University of California Berkeley conferred its 2011 Livable Buildings Award on the Enermodal Engineering Headquarters building (Robertson Simmons Architects Inc.) in Kitchener, Ontario.
Living in urban environments seems to influence whether scenes viewed are perceived more holistically or if visual attention is focused on the details of those scenes.