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- Nature’s Patterns + Designs in Architecture, April 27 @ 5 PM EST, hosted by The National Arts Club
- Webinar: Designing for the Subliminal Brain
- How an Apple Store Grabs You … Subliminally
- Webinar: Architecture + the 21st-Century Paradigm Shift: Designing for the Subliminal Brain, February 25
- Seeing How Cars + People Grab Us
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Nature’s Patterns + Designs in Architecture, April 27 @ 5 PM EST, hosted by The National Arts Club
This free webinar, hosted by The National Arts Club, features Nikos Salingaros, PhD and Ann Sussman, discussing the importance of patterns and ornament in architecture and their impact on our health and well-being. The speakers will review the science of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Fractals, Health, Nature, Neuroscience, Patterns, People-centric Design
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Webinar: Designing for the Subliminal Brain
Curious to understand how we see the world like animals? Want to learn how evolution presets what we focus on, and how we take in our surroundings? Here’s link for public media event from WSKG, an NPR-radio affiliate in New … Continue reading
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How an Apple Store Grabs You … Subliminally
Apple reached a $2 trillion market valuation last summer, a clear marker of its tech prowess. But when you look at its retail store design, you see the company also excels at something else entirely: understanding people—and how to capture … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Neuroscience, People-centric Design, STEM
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Webinar: Architecture + the 21st-Century Paradigm Shift: Designing for the Subliminal Brain, February 25
This talk was part of a WELLbeing Seminar Series, organized by Prof. Robin Z Puttock, RA of the School of Architecture + Planning at Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington DC. In it Ann Sussman discussed how new findings about … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Biology, Health, Neuroscience
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Drexel Webinar: Designing for the Emotional Brain, February 2
Interested in understanding how architecture impacts us subliminally? Sign Up for the Arfaa Lecture at Drexel University with Ann Sussman on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 5:30 PM EST. The talk, called “Architecture + the 21st Century Paradigm Shift: Designing … Continue reading
Eye-tracking Architecture to Understand Ourselves
Here’s a video from the non-profit The Human Architecture + Planning Institute, Inc. (theHapi.org) showing results from a Sensing-Streetscape study that looks at how people actually experience buildings and different streets in Boston. Eye tracking can tell us a lot about … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Planning, Design, Eye Tracking, Neuroscience, Walkability
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‘Built Beautiful,’ the Movie on Architecture + Neuroscience Streaming Live at Boston Architectural College on Dec. 7, 2020
Built Beautiful – Trailer from Mariel Rodriguez-McGill on Vimeo. The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announced it will screen this new documentary which bridges the arts + sciences on Monday, December 7, 2020 at 7 PM EST. All are invited to … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Biology, Design, Neuroscience, People-centric Design
Tagged Architecture, Design, Film, Neuro-aesthetics, Neuroscience
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Eye Tracking Architecture to ‘See’ Human Nature
Humans are remarkable creatures, and a great way to appreciate the hidden aspects of our nature is with eye tracking, a biometric tool that measures how our eyes move to take in our surroundings—often without our conscious awareness or control. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Eye Tracking, Neuroscience, People-centric Design
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How Neuroscience Reframes Architectural History (on YouTube)
Story + video by Ann Sussman, RA This video was posted last week at the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2020 conference: It reviews a poster, first presented at the 30th Annual International Trauma Conference in Boston, MA in 2019, … Continue reading
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Faces: The Key to Making Happy Places
Do you see faces in these gingerbread cottages in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard, a popular summer retreat on this island ten miles off the coast of Massachusetts? Does it seem like they are looking at you? Built as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Biology, Design, Neuroscience, People-centric Design
Tagged faces, pareidolia
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