Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Old Times, New Times, Same Times
It’s the beginning of a new year, and thus time for an article acknowledging temporal transitions – perhaps addressing trends in the last year or those projected for the year ahead. Whenever I see one of these trend articles, I’m reminded of scenes in real life and in movies where a mother (it always seems to be a mother and not a father) says to a child who has just gotten in trouble for copying someone else’s poor behavior, “If everyone was doing ‘X’ would you do it, too? Would you think it was a good idea?” With ‘X’ being something such as jumping off the railroad bridge. So this article isn’t about what colors will be popular next year, or similar topics. It is about the passage of time itself. Time moving on has important implications for how we experience design. We’re most comfortable in spaces that are familiar …
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