Research Design Connection: Benefits of Workplace Art
Myers assessed the sorts of value derived from visual art in workplaces. She reports on a case study conducted at a corporation with an extensive art collection: “Interviews and blind observations were conducted to provide data about employee perception of visual art and the quality of their interaction with the art on a daily basis…The research found that contemporary visual art has the potential to promote feelings of restoration and cognitive renewal among employees…the analysis revealed that a corporate art collection might become an organizational symbol that stimulates a shared cultural identity and sense of place by affecting employees’ daily workplace experience…implementing visual art into the design of a workplace may provide an architectural impact on design scale and the way users navigate a large, corporate campus…Results from the literature revealed that museums can have restorative qualities and promote user restoration. Levels of restoration change, however, depending on user familiarity …
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