In Practice - Transparency
Transparency is a good thing, unless it's not.
Transparency is a good thing, unless it's not.
PlaceMaking is at the core of design, whether the focus of a particular project is the development of new spaces or the objects that go into them. PlaceMaking elevates the physical, social, and cultural experiences that people have in a particular place.
Reversal theory guides people familiar with its principles to powerful insights about the life experiences of human beings because it focuses attention on our core objectives, capabilities, and emotions.
Whether it’s subtle or dramatic, large or small, abstract or realistic, or something else entirely, visual art has a significant influence on the experience of being in a space. What have researchers learned about how it can increase our mental and physical wellbeing?
Airports done better.
Place attachment—the important bond people form with an environment—is something that academics think about all the time, but not practitioners. That’s too bad; design efforts informed by research related to place attachment are more successful.
For many years, scientists have been investigating what elements of a space help us restock our levels of mental energy after we’ve depleted them doing knowledge work and other activities that require mental focus.
Green design is clearly here to stay—what have researchers learned about how being in environmentally responsible spaces influences human experiences?
Candlelight can brighten our lives.
Having the sort of sensory experiences we prefer can be a very good thing. Well-being, in general, is increased when we do.