Japendi is In!
Minimalistic Japanese design is having a moment, particularly when combined with Scandinavian design—which is not surprising. Lots of us seem to feel pretty stressed out and nothing makes us feel tense as fast as...
It’s Color of the Year Time, Again
Pantone has decided that the color of 2023 is—drumroll please—Viva Magenta. To get an idea what Viva Magenta actually looks like, click on either of the links below. The CNN article quotes Pantone as...
Art Matters
Something we talk about a lot at The Space Doctors is how art influences our wellbeing, how we think and behave. Alex Marshall, in the article at the link below (“Bringing World-Class Art, and...
Podcasting Acoustics
A press release from the Acoustical Society of America shares that “A high-quality podcast recording is one that does not capture sounds other than the podcaster’s voice. . . . Mechanical noise should be controlled...
Light at Night and Diabetes
Yu and colleagues determined that LAN (light at night) “is associated with impaired blood glucose control and an increased risk of diabetes. . . . The intensity of urban light pollution has increased to...
Go for a Winter Walk!
Researchers determined that “spending time in snowy surroundings can improve how you feel about your body. . . . Before and after walking in a snowy woodland in the Silesia region of Poland [people...
Sound, Complaints, Repercussions
Mueller-Trapet shares that “Whether it’s the constant stomping of feet or the thump from dropping something . . . ‘impact sounds,’ are one of the main causes for complaints in multi-unit residential buildings and...
Greenspace Metrics, Outcomes
Nieuwenhuijsen and team share that “Recently a new 3-30-300 rule of thumb for urban forestry and urban greening has been proposed. . . . The rule requires that every citizen should be able to...
Art and Culture
Ho and colleagues report that their “research investigates the appreciation of visual arts cross-culturally by hypothesizing and testing a cultural-match effect (i.e., people tend to appreciate same-culture artworks more than they appreciate different-culture artworks)....
Co-Working May Not Support Business Creativity Long Term
Haefliger and Yacoub determined that “Co-working spaces can limit the creativity and innovation of new businesses. . . . These shared spaces . . . may offer initial opportunities to collaborate but, before long,...
Pushes Toward the Familiar
Winet and O’Brien report that “In eight experiments with nearly 6,000 total participants, [they] explored whether people tend to prefer novel, exciting experiences, such as trying a new restaurant, or familiar ones, such as...
Thinking While Wearing a Mask
Smerdon found that “mandatory mask wearing has a negative causal effect on the cognitive performance of competitive chess players. I analyzed the quality of almost 3 million chess moves played by 8,531 individuals (ages...
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