ABOUT THE BOOK



Fueled by an increasingly interconnected world, the desire for engaging experiences plays a more critical role in the built environment than ever before, particularly at the scale of the interior. Constructed spaces — in their entirety or through the employment of a single product or piece of furniture — can promote social interactions, encourage changes in behavior, shape perceptions of use, or challenge accepted cultural norms.


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Design Strategies





Chapters explore the nonverbal ways people relate to their surroundings and present strategies for harnessing the power of design to impact the human experience.



Project Examples





A curated selection of high- and low-tech examples express timely and timeless concepts ranging from a light switch to art installations and fully realized buildings.



Behavioral Prompts





Keyed icons explain the prompts employed in each project. The full range includes: image, gesture, affordance, movement, sense, position, model, and technology.



WE TREAT SPACE SOMEWHAT AS WE TREAT SEX. IT IS THERE BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. AND IF WE DO, WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GET TECHNICAL OR SERIOUS ABOUT IT.



Edward T. Hall



tamie glass



Tamie Glass is an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin. She is an advocate for human-centered design education across campus and contributes to university-wide initiatives focused on bridging disciplines through design thinking. Within the School of Architecture, she teaches a wide range of design studios and lecture courses and is also appointed in the School of Design and Creative Technologies.


Tamie Glass holds a Master of Interior Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University. She began her career in Germany where she worked with Daimler's Corporate Identity Design team, followed by practice in London with internationally renowned design firms Virgile and Stone and Conran and Partners. In addition to her academic role, she maintains an award-winning design consultancy in Austin, Texas. ​


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