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Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder
that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built
environment - from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to
streets, bikeways, underpasses, parking lots, and shopping centers
- must be thoughtfully redesigned to enhance human and planetary
health. Using the lens of sustainable, salutogenic, and playable
design, in this inspiring book, Miller and Cushing explore the
challenges, opportunities, and importance of redesigning the
unremarkable. Drawing on global research, theory, practical case
studies, photographs, and personal experiences, Redesigning the
Unremarkable is a vital text - a doer's guide - for researchers,
policymakers and practitioners wanting to transform and positively
reimagine our urban environment.
Redesigning the Unremarkable is a timely and necessary reminder
that the often neglected elements and spaces of our built
environment - from trash bins, seats, stairways, and fences to
streets, bikeways, underpasses, parking lots, and shopping centers
- must be thoughtfully redesigned to enhance human and planetary
health. Using the lens of sustainable, salutogenic, and playable
design, in this inspiring book, Miller and Cushing explore the
challenges, opportunities, and importance of redesigning the
unremarkable. Drawing on global research, theory, practical case
studies, photographs, and personal experiences, Redesigning the
Unremarkable is a vital text - a doer's guide - for researchers,
policymakers and practitioners wanting to transform and positively
reimagine our urban environment.
This book is about how to be a design academic. In another words,
how to manage the various challenges, requirements, and processes
that come with both the everyday and extra-ordinary parts of an
academic role in design fields (from architecture, urban design,
interior design and landscape architecture, to fashion, industrial,
interaction and graphic design). The book is organised in two parts
- Part 1, Starting out and Part 2, Becoming a Leader. It includes
real-life experiences of actual academics and offers a wide range
of experiences of authors from early career researchers to full
professors and heads of schools. It contains all aspects of
academic life, including the highs and lows of teaching, research,
leadership, and managing your working life and your career. This
book is perfect for academics, aspiring academics, and research
students in a wide range of design fields.
Of interest to all academics and researchers in gerontology, social
work, psychology and nursing, as well as those interested in visual
and innovative creative arts-based research methods. Uses
innovative qualitative research methods in action, including
participatory photography and poetry, to show what it is like to
live in an aged care home. Stimulates debate and discussion about
current practice, and the future of aged care in the context of
rapid population ageing and automation.
Of interest to all academics and researchers in gerontology, social
work, psychology and nursing, as well as those interested in visual
and innovative creative arts-based research methods. Uses
innovative qualitative research methods in action, including
participatory photography and poetry, to show what it is like to
live in an aged care home. Stimulates debate and discussion about
current practice, and the future of aged care in the context of
rapid population ageing and automation.
This book provides a bold vision and roadmap for creating great
places. Imagining and designing urban environments where all people
thrive is an extraordinary task, and in this compelling narrative,
Cushing and Miller remind us that theory is a powerful starting
point. Drawing on international research, illustrated case studies,
personal experiences, as well as fascinating examples from history
and pop culture, this practical book provides the reader with
inspiration, guidance and tools. The first section outlines six
critical theories for contemporary urban design - affordance,
prospect-refuge, personal space, sense of place/genius loci, place
attachment, and biophilic design. The second section, using their
innovative 'theory-storming' process, demonstrates how designers
can create great places that are inclusive, sustainable, and
salutogenic. Creating Great Places is an insightful, compelling,
and evidence-based resource for readers who want to design urban
environments that inspire, excite, and positively transform
people's lives.
This book provides a bold vision and roadmap for creating great
places. Imagining and designing urban environments where all people
thrive is an extraordinary task, and in this compelling narrative,
Cushing and Miller remind us that theory is a powerful starting
point. Drawing on international research, illustrated case studies,
personal experiences, as well as fascinating examples from history
and pop culture, this practical book provides the reader with
inspiration, guidance and tools. The first section outlines six
critical theories for contemporary urban design - affordance,
prospect-refuge, personal space, sense of place/genius loci, place
attachment, and biophilic design. The second section, using their
innovative 'theory-storming' process, demonstrates how designers
can create great places that are inclusive, sustainable, and
salutogenic. Creating Great Places is an insightful, compelling,
and evidence-based resource for readers who want to design urban
environments that inspire, excite, and positively transform
people's lives.
This research explores the relationships among media consumption,
body satisfaction and perception. Correlational and experimental
studies typically link exposure to the thin female body shape
currently over-represented in the media with increased body
dissatisfaction - contrary to this, however, my research
demonstrates that women who view thin models perceive their bodies
to be thinner (and closer to their ideal figure) than those who
viewed control images. Yet, cognitive body dissatisfaction either
did not change or increased. To explain this discrepancy, an
anchoring explanation was postulated whereby exposure to thin women
alters perceptions of their own weight, as well as what weight is
"normal." My research suggests that women's perception of, and
satisfaction with, their body vary depending on the anchor provided
by media images, their perceived similarity to the image and their
perception of their relative body size.
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