Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
Seeing oneself in a mirror makes it more likely we’ll follow the rules that our society has set for us, so they’re good options for places such as entry areas where properly stowing boots...
Change your viewpoint!
If your stock portfolio is filed with risky options and you’re nearing retirement, a move to a lower floor may be in order. Jami reports that “Multiple studies show that exposure to the viewpoint...
What is Environmental Psychology?
Since the first of our ancestors set up a home and cared about the experiences of people living there, there has been environmental psychology. Whenever people developing or managing spaces have cared about making...
80% of people prefer curves…
Creating a path? Work in a curve. D’Acci, collecting info on urban streets, found that “80% of a . . . random sample of 102 people stated to prefer, ceteris paribus [other things being equal]...
Favourite Colours
Around the world, when people are asked what their favourite colour is they are more likely to say it is blue than any other colour. The colour that people are most likely to say...
Guide People Through a Space
Like moths drawn toward flames, humans approach warm colours. If you want someone to move across a space in a particular way, paint the wall behind the desired final destination a warm colour. Have...
Stop the walls closing in!
What you’ve heard throughout your life is true, lighter colours on walls do indeed make those walls seem a little farther away than they actually are while dark colours on the same walls bring...
Speed Up or Slow Down the Passage of Time
Time going too fast for you? Time seems to pass more slowly in warm coloured spaces than cool coloured ones. Spaces where people may need to think time is passing more quickly than it...
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