Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Order!
Humans have a fundamental need for order in their lives – and workplaces often seem very, very disordered. Piles here and there, of papers and boxes, mingle with sweaters and extra shoes, and collections of stuff that will make archeologists swoon. So, there’s no better time than now to plan in workplace storage – lockers, drawers and anything else that can help organize the often chaotic workplaces where employees find themselves. First, a few cautions. Well planned storage reduces visual unruliness, but humans are very, very uncomfortable in places that are too stark, where we experience visual complexity levels below those we encountered in the early days of our species when we lived a more basic life, on the savanna, without much in the way of manmade shelter. Interiors designed by Frank Lloyd Wright generally have the levels of visual complexity that make humans happy, so trying to emulate them, …
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