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Chicago
fromSURFACE
2 hours ago

Edge at Hudson Yards Will Introduce Multi-Sensory Installations, and Other News. - SURFACE

Edge at Hudson Yards will transform into an immersive art destination with multi-sensory installations this summer.
UX design
fromMedium
3 hours ago

Beyond the user: why design needs to widen its circle

Human-centered design must evolve to consider ecological impacts alongside user comfort and needs.
Real estate
fromSilicon Canals
2 hours ago

Neuroscience reveals that the feeling of home isn't about geography or architecture. It's a nervous system state. People who never learned to feel safe in the presence of others carry a portable homelessness that no mortgage, renovation, or relocation has ever been shown to resolve. - Silicon Canals

Home is not just a physical space; it's about the ability of one's nervous system to settle in the presence of others.
Careers
fromItsnicethat
in 3 weeks

"Your current set-up may not be aligning with where you want to be"

Transitioning into a new industry can be challenging, requiring time to adjust and align with personal values for creative motivation.
#ai
fromMedium
1 day ago
Data science

Data models: the shared language your AI and team are both missing

Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

This is 160-million-year-old Jurassic clay': inside Es Devlin's bid to reshape AI ethics through pottery

Es Devlin's conference blends art, AI, and spirituality, fostering dialogue among diverse participants in a creative, hands-on environment.
Data science
fromMedium
1 day ago

Data models: the shared language your AI and team are both missing

Understanding the attention mechanism in AI is crucial for effective use of AI tools.
Philosophy
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

This is 160-million-year-old Jurassic clay': inside Es Devlin's bid to reshape AI ethics through pottery

Es Devlin's conference blends art, AI, and spirituality, fostering dialogue among diverse participants in a creative, hands-on environment.
Health
fromArchDaily
5 hours ago

On World Health Day: How Architecture Shapes Well-Being in Everyday Spaces

World Health Day emphasizes the interconnectedness of health, environment, and society, promoting a One Health approach for collective action.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 hours ago

AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback and enthusiasm

AI tools are increasingly adopted in mental health, raising concerns about job replacement and the quality of care.
Music production
fromBusiness Matters
5 days ago

Why SMEs Should Treat Music as Part of the Customer Experience

Music significantly influences customer experience and brand perception in SMEs, yet it is often overlooked in favor of visual elements.
Cancer
fromNature
1 day ago

Engaging the head and the heart: why scientists turn to poetry

Poetry and medicine intertwine, enhancing the healing process and providing emotional support in palliative care.
Design
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

The Future of Brain Health Is Architecture

The built environment significantly influences mental health, mood, and performance, with neuroscience guiding design for improved well-being.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Scientists identify neural fingerprint' of psychedelic drugs in the brain

Psychedelic drugs produce a shared neural fingerprint in the brain, indicating a common impact on brain behavior during their mind-altering effects.
Wearables
fromFuturism
1 day ago

We Can't Even Imagine the Eating Disorders This New Meta Smart Glasses Feature Will Cause

Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses may exacerbate eating disorders with features that track and log food intake automatically.
Berlin music
fromAnOther
1 day ago

This Performance Artwork Wants Us to "Feel Things Differently"

Performance reveals and conceals aspects of ourselves, exploring control and longing through song and dance.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

I stopped being useful to everyone who asked and three relationships ended within six months. Not with arguments or explanations. Just a slow withdrawal once it became clear I was no longer offering what they'd originally come for. That taught me which connections were friendships and which were subscriptions. - Silicon Canals

Generosity in relationships can mask true connections, revealing that some bonds are based on utility rather than genuine closeness.
Board games
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

We've gone mad for puzzles. This makes sense it's reassuring to have answers in these perplexing times | Joseph de Weck

Puzzle games have surged in popularity, providing mental stimulation and a sense of peace amid the chaos of modern life.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

They're in clouds, electric sockets and even on toast. Why do humans see faces in everyday objects?

Face pareidolia is a common phenomenon where people see faces in inanimate objects and visual noise, influenced by symmetry and context.
Yoga
fromYOGMAY
5 days ago

What Makes a Good Sound Healing Teacher? Training Guide

A great sound healing teacher goes beyond technique, emphasizing deep understanding, safety, and the integration of traditional and scientific knowledge.
#vibe-coding
fromeLearning
6 days ago
Online learning

Enhancing Learner Engagement Across AI-Powered Learning Platforms - eLearning

Active, data-driven experiences enhance digital education, but engagement and consistency remain challenges for learners.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
5 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Really, you made this without AI? Prove it

Labeling human-made content is essential as AI-generated works proliferate, creating confusion and skepticism among audiences.
Marketing
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Brands are getting more physical

Marketers are increasingly focusing on physical experiences to foster human connection and emotional engagement with consumers.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Kengo Kuma & Associates Present Site-Specific Installation "Earth | Tree" at Copenhagen Contemporary

Kengo Kuma's Earth | Tree installation in Copenhagen blends timber, brick, and light, embodying a responsive architectural approach.
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Sony's gaming division just bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes

Following the acquisition, the Cinemersive Labs team will join SIE's Visual Computing Group (VCG) and contribute to our broader efforts in advancing state of the art visual computing within games. This includes applying machine learning to enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity for players.
Marketing tech
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 days ago

ROOM FOR DREAMS: immersive installations, cinema and talks at milan design week 2026

ROOM FOR DREAMS becomes a living manifesto for utopian optimism, creative courage, and the power of imagination through a multilayered approach where large scale installations, cinematic storytelling, live conversations, and ritual-driven encounters converge.
Berlin
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Mental Time Travel Is Our Ticket for a Healthier Society

Short-term thinking can lead to regrets; mental time travel enhances decision-making and benefits organizations through Future Design.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

When Parts Begin to Merge: Inside Integration

Integration is a complex, lived experience involving reorganization of the self, requiring safety and support systems for healing from complex trauma.
fromThe Atlantic
5 days ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
UX design
fromMedium
46 minutes ago

The old design workshop is dead. Long live design workshops.

Workshops are becoming less effective due to unclear outcomes and lengthy formats, leading to stakeholder confusion and dissatisfaction.
Vue
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Pixels and paintings: video games return to the V&A

Live coding and interactive games create a unique blend of performance art and audience engagement at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Film
fromWIRED
6 days ago

Watching a 7.5-Hour Movie in Theaters Made Me More Hopeful About Our Collective Brain Rot

A seven-and-a-half-hour film screening challenges modern attention spans, highlighting a cultural shift in viewing habits and the struggle for sustained focus.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 days ago

These Ontario researchers are using virtual reality gaming to help older adults with dementia stay fit | CBC News

"For the ones who are confined in certain spaces or cannot do it independently, this is a great opportunity to transport them to a different reality from the ones that they are currently living in while keeping them active," Munoz told CBC Hamilton from his lab on Laurier's Brantford campus.
Medicine
Wearables
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

My dream pair of AR gaming glasses needs to have these nine features

Latest AR glasses from Xreal and Viture enhance gaming experiences with features like 3DoF, but no model is perfect for all users.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

Psychology says people who would always rather call than text aren't demanding more of your time - they're asking for the one thing that separates a real conversation from the performance of one, which is the sound of another person being alive on the other end, and that need is not inconvenient, it is human - Silicon Canals

Phone calls foster deeper connections than text messages, capturing nuances of emotion that typed words cannot convey.
Data science
fromMedium
4 days ago

Context matters... A lot

Large language models excel at tasks but struggle with context, leading to potentially misleading answers despite their capabilities.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

People who are kind and intelligent but have no close friends have usually spent so long being competent in every situation that they've forgotten, or never learned, how to be helpless in front of someone - and helplessness, offered honestly, is one of the primary raw materials that close friendship has always been made from - Silicon Canals

Real friendship is built on vulnerability and connection, not competence or capability.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 days ago

how lachlan turczan reshapes matter by bending light and water in atmospheric installations

Lachlan Turczan's practice sits in the space between physics, optics, and environmental art, as he works with lasers, water, mist, and custom-built lenses to produce sculptures made entirely from light.
Berlin music
fromArchDaily
6 days ago

The Illusion of Lightness: Designing Civic Voids for Public Life

The original intent of pilotis was to create a sense of lightness that would allow circulation and light to flow beneath a structure, but contemporary requirements render thin columns insufficient for large-scale civic projects.
Renovation
#design
UX design
fromMedium
3 hours ago

Designing for the invisible customer

The act of choosing in design is increasingly outsourced to digital gatekeepers, redefining the role of design and aesthetics.
UX design
fromMedium
3 hours ago

Designing for the invisible customer

The act of choosing in design is increasingly outsourced to digital gatekeepers, redefining the role of design and aesthetics.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
6 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Graphic design
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

Like it or not, AI is part of art school curriculums

Generative AI poses a significant threat to creative professionals, impacting job prospects and sparking protests among students.
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Meet the Man Making Music With His Brain Implant

Galen Buckwalter, a 69-year-old research psychologist and quadriplegic, participated in a brain implant study to contribute to science that aids those with paralysis. The six chips in his brain decode movement intention, allowing him to operate a computer and feel sensations in his fingers again.
Music production
Design
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
Berlin music
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

When Music Was Used to Deceive, Control, Survive

Yom HaShoah commemorates the 6 million Jews and 5 million others who perished in the Holocaust, reflecting on music's dual role in history.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Stop the brain rot! 12 ways to stay sharp in a mind-frazzling world

Brain rot, characterized by cognitive decline from easy information, is rising due to social media and shortform videos, leading to exhaustion.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Building Wisdom With BDNF-and Ketamine

BDNF is crucial for brain health, and can be boosted through healthy habits and ketamine, aiding neuroplasticity and cognitive function.
#architecture
Renovation
fromwww.architectsjournal.co.uk
6 days ago

Practices launch architects on your doorstep' mobile AI advertising drive

The Architects on your Doorstep project uses AI to generate home makeover ideas, helping architects engage with the public and drum up business.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Unbearable Lightness of Being Installation / Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a lightweight architectural installation that creates adaptable gathering spaces in Dhaka's urban environment.
Renovation
fromwww.architectsjournal.co.uk
6 days ago

Practices launch architects on your doorstep' mobile AI advertising drive

The Architects on your Doorstep project uses AI to generate home makeover ideas, helping architects engage with the public and drum up business.
Design
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Unbearable Lightness of Being Installation / Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a lightweight architectural installation that creates adaptable gathering spaces in Dhaka's urban environment.
Design
fromDesign Milk
3 days ago

OUTSIDERS Investigates the Space Between Society and Solitude

Modern design challenges conventional public seating to enhance social interaction and presence in urban spaces.
Medicine
fromWIRED
5 days ago

A New Implant Aims to Rewire Stroke Patients' Brains

Epia Neuro aims to help stroke patients regain hand function using a brain implant and motorized glove.
UX design
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Design has been solving the wrong problem

Design should prioritize real-life usability over aesthetic appeal to enhance long-term satisfaction with products.
Psychology
fromNews Center
6 days ago

Imagination is More Than Sensory Replay - News Center

Higher-level brain systems play a central role in imagination, suggesting it emerges from holistic processing rather than just sensory reactivation.
Mental health
fromTetraLogical
4 weeks ago

Designing for people with anxiety - TetraLogical

Thoughtful design reduces stress and anxiety by lowering cognitive load, while poor design amplifies these conditions for users experiencing threat responses.
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Architectures of the Gaze: 25 Viewpoints for Experiencing the Landscape

Viewpoints are structures designed for observing the landscape from elevated positions. They act as devices that organize the gaze and establish a direct relationship between the body and the territory.
Philosophy
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
4 days ago

Flipmod / Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)

Flipmod is a modular shading system designed for public spaces in subtropical cities, promoting climate responsiveness and public engagement.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

The UX ground is shaking, synthetic users, building perspective

A clear design perspective is crucial; it defines what to exclude, ensuring focus on what truly matters.
Mindfulness
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

I sat on a 9,000 chair that dissociates your brain from your body

The Aiora chair, priced between £5,700 and £9,950, claims to induce altered mental states comparable to deep meditation through specialized seating design and biomechanics.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Who are we really designing for?

Designing effectively requires distinguishing between the individual User and the collective Customer.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 week ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Aesthetics and Video Games

Video games possess unique aesthetic value that challenges traditional philosophical frameworks of games and fiction.
#motion-design
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Physics of Great UX: Making Digital Interfaces Feel Real

Building a motion system in product design enhances user experience by aligning with human cognitive expectations and physical principles.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Physics of Great UX: Making Digital Interfaces Feel Real

Building a motion system in product design enhances user experience by aligning with human cognitive expectations and physical principles.
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Mapping Space Without Sight: Inside SEAlab's Sensory Architecture

SEAlab designed a school for blind and visually impaired children by prioritizing spatial perception through observation, creating a simple geometric layout with a central courtyard as a navigational anchor.
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Spaces That Feel Back: How Buildings Respond to Human Behavior

Decades of research in environmental psychology and building science reveal that indoor conditions can profoundly affect human health and behavior. Lighting influences circadian rhythms and sleep patterns. Air quality impacts cognitive performance and respiratory health. Temperature and acoustics shape comfort and concentration.
Renovation
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

The invisible layer of UX most designers ignore

Designers must prioritize screen reader compatibility to ensure accessibility, as users rely on spoken content rather than visual elements.
Wellness
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

Emergence is a New Kind of Multi-Sensorial Wellness Experience

The wellness sector reaches $6.3 billion in 2023 with 7.3% annual growth through 2028, expanding beyond traditional treatments into neuroscience-based experiences like Kinda Studio's personalized meditative Emergence service.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Reality Splits: Seeing Different Worlds in Mixed Reality

Mixed reality systems create perceptual conflicts when users see different digital objects in shared spaces, reducing collaboration synchrony and increasing mental effort while eroding confidence in joint decisions.
UX design
fromMedium
2 days ago

"Vibe coding" is accelerating the erosion of design authority

Google Stitch impresses as a rapid interface generator but suffers from common flaws of vibe coding tools, including visual homogeneity and unrefined code.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
6 days ago

Biomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design

Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

Do less with AI

Trying to do too much hinders productivity and leads to unfinished projects and feelings of inadequacy.
UX design
fromMedium
3 days ago

You're not supposed to get it right

Design challenges for UX writers can be intimidating due to the pressure of making quick, impactful decisions and the emphasis on visual elements.
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago

People who can't walk through a store without running their fingers along every surface aren't being childish - they learned early that the world only felt real when their body confirmed it because the emotional information they received from people was never reliable enough to trust - Silicon Canals

For many of us, that compulsive need to touch isn't about poor impulse control. It's about confirmation. It's about making sure the world around us is real, solid, tangible - because somewhere along the line, we learned that the emotional landscape we navigated wasn't.
Psychology
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

Human-Centred Design has grown up. It's time we did too.

Technology must prioritize human needs over user convenience to avoid harm.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

three suspended digital screens translate AI imagery into luminous spatial installation

UNFOLD PLANE's spatial installation translates artificial intelligence concepts into an integrated architectural environment using suspended screens, dynamic lighting, and reflective surfaces that respond to visitor movement.
Arts
fromUntapped New York
1 month ago

Immerse Yourself in a Digital Garden at Artechouse NYC

ARTECHOUSE NYC transforms Chelsea Market's former boiler room into an immersive digital art venue celebrating spring through interactive technology and projection art.
#mixed-reality
fromFast Company
1 month ago

This AI-powered machine turns photos into smells

One scientist at MIT, Cyrus Clarke, is working to do just that. Alongside a team of fellow researchers, Clarke has developed a physical machine called the Anemoia Device, which uses a generative AI model to analyze an archival photograph, describe it in a short sentence, and, following the user's own inputs, convert that description into a unique fragrance. The word "anemoia" was coined by author John Koenig and included in his 2021 book, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Artificial intelligence
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

MIRORlab Taps into the Emotional Dimensions of Light

MIRORLab's MIROR Collection uses slow 360° rotation and calibrated color moods to create meditative, nature-inspired lighting that reduces digital overstimulation.
UX design
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Expanding sensory experiences in virtual environments | Computer Weekly

Comprehensively multisensory XR/IRL environments enable inclusive, immersive interactions by combining multiple sensory interfaces, but face technical, cost, and adoption hurdles.
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