Author Archives: Genetics of Design

by Abigail Sekely and Ann Sussman Aiming to increase ridership and improve the transit experience, the City of Chelsea, MA, engaged local artists and designers to add flowers and a new patterned walkway to a central MBTA bus stop. “It’s … Continue reading →

Join us for an architectural PechaKucha event that explores the relationship between design and freedom. The event, over Zoom, was sponsored by improvscience.org, and part of a Freedom Festival, in honor of Juneteenth, that ran through July 4, 2023. Here … Continue reading →

These studies use state-of-the-art software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric tools for human behavioral research. They are sponsored by theHapi.org (the Human Architecture + Planning Institute) a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the human experience of the built environment and … Continue reading →

The BuildingStudy–#5 is out for analysis. Should have results soon! Same with Building Study–#4. Building Study–#4: Results out soon; https://my.imotions.com/collect/v109/#s/409af02a-27cd-436a-986e-8c64d935b5aa?iMotionsLocale=en-US Building Study–#5: Results out soon: https://my.imotions.com/collect/v109/#s/7ce0d33b-c461-421e-973f-c4654307e88a?iMotionsLocale=en-US These Studies use state-of-the-art eye-tracking and facial-expression-analysis software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric … Continue reading →

We’re analyzing BuildingStudy-#2, a biometric building study revealing how we really take in buildings! Results should be out later this month – These studies use state-of-the-art eye-tracking and facial-expression-analysis software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric tools for human behavioral … Continue reading →