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The Space in the Place!

As a gift for Christmas, The Space Doctors have written another poem for you in the style of Dr Seuss!  We hope you enjoy it! If you would like your very own higher resolution PDF...

Yes! The Places You Should Work!

On Wednesday 13th October 2021, The Space Doctors, who provide Neuroscience based prescriptions for the design of your office and home performed their poem, “Yes! The Places You Should Work!” at Workplace Trends conference at the...

How to Make that Temporary Desk your Own!

Co-working? If you find yourself in a temporary desk at a co-working site you can take steps to personalize your space. You can wear a trace of scent to create a subtle olfactory bubble...

The Best Lighting Tip You’ll Read all Month!

Do you want to sleep better? Adjusting your lighting during the day is a key feature in helping you have a better night’s rest. Switching up the lighting, also helps you concentrate during the...

Designing for Creativity

Recently published research confirms links between thinking creatively and being in less energizing spaces.  Needle and Mallia  report that  “Open-office plans have become the dominant mode for creative workplaces, designed to encourage collaboration. . ....

Not the Same Old Oval Office

Most offices, even if they’re used by well-known people are unseen by most of us.  Titans of industry and even many public officials spend their “office hours” working in places that only their professional...

Blue or chromatic colours when working or concentrating

Boost Professional Performance

When you’re doing work that requires you concentrate, your brain, like a sports car, fires on all cylinders, relaxing colours, options that are not very saturated but relatively bright are best. Focused thinking is...

Biophilic Design is good for us

Biophilic Design Inspiration

What is Biophilic Design and why should we know about it? Biophilic design makes us feel comfortable and relaxed in a way that nothing else does because it recognises and respects the conditions that...

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...

Portwen Doc Martin series

Colour psychology applied in the home of TV’s Doc Martin

For many of us, there’s no better way to spend time with the television than watching Doc Martin.  Martin and Louisa and James Henry live in a murky world of tired, grayed out colours,...

Use a light oak stain on your desk to improve your concentration

Stress levels reduced by lighter wood colours

Lighter coloured stains on wood may be better options than darker ones.  Burnard and Kutnar tie an oak finish to lower stress levels in workplaces, but found that a walnut one didn’t have the...

Making your office space better

Standing up to work

Sit-stand desks are the current office must have.  Can your employer really value whatever you spend your day doing if they don’t provide a sit-stand desk to do it from? Schwarz and colleagues’ research...

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