{"id":223448,"date":"2024-03-05T18:02:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=223448"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:32:26","slug":"giants-and-rising-talent-explores-how-science-shapes-design","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/giants-and-rising-talent-explores-how-science-shapes-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants and Rising Talent Attendees Explore How Science Shapes Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 5, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Carlene Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Giants and Rising Talent Attendees Explore How Science Shapes Design<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

What type of environment optimizes cognitive function? Neuroscience holds insight into this question, and more. As part of a packed schedule during the second day of Interior Design<\/em>‘s Giants and Rising Talent event<\/a>, Thomas Albright, professor and director of the Vision Center Library at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies<\/a>, invited event attendees to examine the inner workings of their brains, noting that what we see is a fragment of what our eyes take in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the Role of Ancient Practices and Modern Science on the Built Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“Neuroscience takes us to a new level; it offers a new approach to an old problem,” shared Albright, referencing Vedic texts dating back 5,000 years that position architecture as a means to nourish community and create extraordinary experiences. The way people engage with the built environment relies on sensory input and cognition, but what makes some designs pleasing on a nearly universal scale, like Antoni Gaud\u00ed’s Sagrada Fam\u00edlia in Barcelona, Spain? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patterns with defined qualities and simplistic configurations, for one. Albright pointed out that mandalas are designed to evoke a sense of calm, which they accomplish by tapping into the innate organizational structure of the human brain, and its immense memory bank. For architects and designers, this means neuroscience holds invaluable clues into how design shapes the human experience. “Architecture is an applied science of biology,” Albright continued, noting that invention and validation are key processes. Bubblegum pink, for example, is a color that’s been found to improve calm and focus in children when tested in elementary school classrooms and, given these findings, has since been applied elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albright made clear visual imagery impacts the body in countless ways, from regulating circadian rhythm to processing information considered essential to survival. “If you don\u2019t know what\u2019s out there, you\u2019re in trouble because it might eat you,” he said, noting the evolution of our sensory processing. The takeaway? Neuroscience\u2014and the visual information we take is\u2014offers a rich well of design solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch the Giants and Rising Talent Event Recap<\/h3>\n