Promotion: Design Hotels has launched its study Neuroaesthetics ? Design for the Mind, which looks at how technological and cultural aesthetics impact human behaviour, with a talk at Milan design week.
The Design Hotels talk featured Robyn Landau, co-founder of Kinda Studios, alongside neuroaesthetics architect and designer Suchi Reddy, founder of Reddymade.
They were joined by Sigurd Larsen, a Berlin-based Danish architect and designer. The discussion was hosted by Dezeen's editorial director, Max Fraser.
The panel session took place to launch the report Neuroaesthetics ? Design for the Mind, which centres around the neuroscientific effects of science, technology and the arts.
Speaking at the talk, Landau summed up the theme as "how our brains and bodies respond to the world around us". Above: the report explores how aesthetics impact people's feelings. Photo is by Brian W Ferry. Top image: photo courtesy of Chromasonic
The panelists discussed how design in physical spaces can affect people's feelings, arguing that these types of ideas should be taken into consideration in the development stage of projects.
"Designers and architects who understand these ideas should be at the table from the outset of planning," Reddy said. "That's the thing that needs to change."
Landau added: "Silos of design don't reflect how we connect with the world."
The report explored these themes in greater depth, exploring the issue of what it means to be hu...