Sensory design / Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.

Main entry:

Malnar, Joy Monice.

Title & Author:

Sensory design / Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Description:

xiii, 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-334) and index.
Spatial constructs -- The mind's eye -- Sensory response -- The meaning of meaning -- The talking spring -- There ... and back -- Sensory cues -- No mere ornament -- Objects of our lives -- The light fantastic -- Sensory schematics -- Getting somewhere.

Summary:

Explores the nature of our responses to spatial constructs, from various sorts of buildings to gardens and outdoor spaces, to constructions of fantasy. To the degree that this response can be calculated, it can serve as a typology for the design of significant spaces, one that would sharply contrast with the Cartesian model that dominates architecture today. In developing this typology, the authors consult the environmental sciences, anthropology, psychology, and architectural theory, as well as the spatial analysis found in literary depiction. Finally, they examine the opportunities that CAVE and other immersive virtual reality technologies present in furthering a new, sensory-oriented design paradigm. The result is a new philosophy of design that both celebrates our sensuous occupation of the built environment and creates more humane design. [publisher web site].

Resources:
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ISBN:

0816639590 (HC ; alk. paper)
9780816639595 (HC ; alk. paper)
0816639604 (PB ; alk. paper)
9780816639601 (PB ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Design Psychological aspects.
Senses and sensation.
Sensation
Design Aspect psychologique.
Sens et sensations.
Architektur
Wahrnehmungspsychologie

Added entries:

Vodvarka, Frank.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 230987
Call No.: NK1520 .M29 2004
Status: Available

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