Designing to Support Attention! Concentration! Focus!
Research can and should inform the design of spaces where people effectively and efficiently utilize their mental energy.
Research can and should inform the design of spaces where people effectively and efficiently utilize their mental energy.
In 2015, a number of important studies were published.
How individual sensory inputs combine in our brains to produce an overall response to where we are and what we’re doing has important implications for design effectiveness and has been extensively researched.
The Bean is a people magnet for several really good reasons.
Cognitive scientists have important insights to share on how the design and placement of windows and doors can influence wellbeing, mood, and performance, both mental and physical.
Should you and the people who you are designing for be standing, or sitting, or reclining, or walking when you’re working or relaxing or trying to heal? Research should inform the way that you answer these questions via furniture and other means.
The languages we speak make us more likely to think about and interact with our physical environments in particular ways. They influence our environmental expectations and experiences.
DeafSpace enhances user experience, regardless of sensory capabilities.
Insights from the social and cognitive sciences should inform the design of atriums, whether they’re public or private, meant to encourage socializing or working or waiting or something else, or used by hundreds or only a few people at a time.
Communication—verbal and nonverbal—is vital to our wellbeing and performance and at the core of our human-ness. Space design can support or thwart our efforts to exchange desired and needed messages.