Colors and Scenic Images Affect Workplace Tasks
Recent research, which has combined an assortment of test conditions in a new way, has shown relationships among task type, office color, presence of scenic images, and workplace performance.
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Increased Privacy Required in Health Care Settings
New federal privacy standards that went into effect in April have repercussions for hospitals, pharmacies, physician offices, and other health care facilities.
Lessons from Operating Rooms
Lessons learned from the design of operating rooms can be applied to other areas where thoughtful production work is performed.
Customers Read Physical Quality
Service providers can reinforce consumer perceptions of the quality of their services through the design of physical environments, reports a case study of the Mayo Clinic.
Products are Preferred if They Are Both Typical and Novel!
Recent research on aesthetic preference has shown that “people prefer novel designs as long as the novelty does not affect typicality."
Signs Influence Perceptions of Modern Art
When artwork is viewed alongside short descriptions of the painter’s style, viewers perceive an increase in meaningfulness and pleasingness of those paintings.
Right Turns, Left Turns
When presented with a turning decision, people tend to turn toward their dominant hand, and turn in ways consistent with the car-driving regulations of their homeland.
Environmental Control and Positive Distractions Important to Hospital Patients
In a British study, hospital patients reported that they felt it was important to retain some control over their physical environment. Maintaining desired levels of privacy and community with other patients were also important to the patients studied.
Hospital Environment Significant Predictor of Hospital Perceptions
Ambient environment is significantly related to environmental satisfaction, and environmental satisfaction is a significant predictor of overall hospital satisfaction.
Neuroscience and Health Care Facilities Workshop
The National Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Architects, and the Vinyl Institute coordinated the first Neuroscience and Health Facilities Workshop in Woods Hole, MA, August 13–15, 2002
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