While the notion of invisible or boring design isn’t new — after all Dieter Rams’ 10th principle is: good design is as little design as possible — designing for simplicity still seems to be difficult.

Senior living as a building typology is relatively new. At the beginning of the 20 th century, the care of seniors typically fell to families. “Indigent” seniors were relegated to a system of “poor ...

Donald Norman is rightly famous for his work on the psychology of design that encourages the development of products that are human-centered. Less well-known is his valuable work on emotional design ...

Courtesy of Spectrum Lighting Inc. We are all experienced and we have all done it! I am referring to one's reaction to less than good lighting of course. Think about it. We have all experienced ...