Classic Article: Maslow's Theory and its Application to Design
This classic article explains how spaces can be programmed to support human beings’ fundamental psychological needs.
This classic article explains how spaces can be programmed to support human beings’ fundamental psychological needs.
Designers need to be especially aware of office workers' attachment to "stuff."
Sound Matters combines an extensive review of the acoustic environments in contemporary offices with tools to alleviate undesirable conditions.
Designers often need to be creative, but what personal and social factors are linked to this ability?
Distracting sound remains a serious issue in many workplaces and the GSA Public Buildings Service has written Sound Matters: How to Achieve Acoustic Comfort in the Contemporary Office to help rectify negative situations.
The Daylighting Cooperative has enhanced their website (http://www.daylighting.org/).
Varlander has reviewed the workplace experiences of employees of a Swedish firm that implemented an open space office design.
Designers have been carefully considering the future of the workplace for quite some time.
Public health researchers have probed the influence of color coding food and the design of food displays on consumption of healthier and less healthy meal options.
British psychologists have learned that all that time we spend sitting at work has repercussions beyond the size of the posterior we’re sitting on.