Does More Choice Yield Better Customization?

“Design on Demand” is becoming ever-more prevalent. With its surfacing, you and your client will be given more, and sometimes new, choice. Such customization is bound to change certain aspects of architectural design, perhaps even helping you to make your design better.

If you think about it, more customization is good when its quality and speed are high, and cost is acceptable. Since spaces would become more flexible, there would be greater variety with which to meet the needs of your occupant (particularly for those detailed levels of your building design). Thus, the added personalization would be a great way to boost happiness, health and productivity in individuals.

Corporate Culture: Paying Attention To Your Employees’ Differences

When it comes to building climate, and I mean business cultural climate here, it will be interesting to see how “Design on Demand” impacts employees. Culturally speaking, businesses could actually foster an environment where employees are encouraged to Read more

Both exterior and interior design elements of a building have the power to influence occupants, and for retail environments those occupants are potential consumers. The goal for most retail owners is to not only make sales during first time visits, but to encourage return visits so consumers become loyal customers.

THE CONSUMER’S DECISION MAKING PROCESS

Explained in the video below is some insightful information about how our human brain center works. It is useful to know that this region of the brain helps us to collect evidence before we make a decision, but did you know that there is another brain region that expresses confidence and/or awareness of that decision?

Just imagine how this might impact your building occupants, especially those that are engaging in consumer behavior.

One sure-fire way to influence customer behavior is to really understand what goes on during the decision making process. In knowing this, your designs can help to sway behavior by introducing elements at just the right time in an occupant’s experience.

Yes, consumer’s must gather evidence that goes into their behavior (whether to buy or not to buy), but much of this evidence can be collected while within a store — if a product is good and presented in just the right way.

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION

The scientist in the following video explains that people tend to underestimate their own confidence in a decision. Sometimes, people have made their decision, but are not yet Read more