Evidence-Based Design for Creative Interior Spaces
Programming Creativity
A course by Donald M. Rattner , Architect and Author
About the video: Programming Creativity
Overview
“Knowing which activities can ignite insightful thinking can help us program and equip environments optimized for creative output. I will now review the various behaviors that science has linked to improved ideation.”
In this video lesson Donald M. Rattner addresses the topic: Programming Creativity, which is part of the Domestika online course: Evidence-Based Design for Creative Interior Spaces. Learn to use scientific research to design and optimize interior spaces that foster creativity, collaboration, and innovation.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Programming Creativity In the last lesson, we talked about sound. Now, we come to the third and final category of primes, which I call the action tactics because they consist of things people do that scientists have found can improve creative performance. The value in knowing what these activities are is that you can then program and design your creative space or that of your clients to encourage and enable you and your clients to do them. What are these behaviors? It's actually a pretty long list. Encompassing such activities as reading, going for a walk, doing yoga or meditation, making...”
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Course summary for: Evidence-Based Design for Creative Interior Spaces
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Architecture, Creativity, Interior Architecture, Interior Decoration, Interior Design, Spatial Design

Donald M. Rattner
A course by Donald M. Rattner
Donald Rattner is an award-winning architect and author. After earning a master’s of architecture from Princeton, he quickly found a job in the field, and later went on to build his own firm. The turning point in his career came when, while doing research for a project, he discovered the idea that our physical surroundings can influence our creative capacity. Since then, he’s been devoted to exploring this relationship and making his findings accessible to everyone.
Donald has published two books on the subject: The Creativity Catalog and the Amazon Bestseller My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation. His academic and professional work have been featured on CNN and in publications such as The New York Times, Work Design Magazine, Town & Country, and Brooklyn Magazine, among others. He also shares his knowledge on space design and creativity in university classrooms, workshops, and talks.
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