Designology: How to Find Your PlaceType and Align Your Life With Design (Residential Interior Design, Home Decoration, and Home Staging Book)

by Sally Augustin

Overview

Align With Design

"Such a great book. I never realized how we use the space we live in to express ourselves as much as I learned after reading this book." —Ask Away Blog

#1 New Release in Design and Decorating

Create spaces at home and work that align with your personality and support your goals with this comprehensive science-based guide to interior design

Discover a new design paradigm. Are you an adventurer or a visionary? A maveric or a maven? Designology makes design personal through author Dr. Sally Augustin’s 8 personality “Placetypes” that characterize the different ways we can relate to the space around us.

Personalize your space. What color should you paint your child’s bedroom? How do shapes and patterns influence how you think in a space? How do room dimensions influence you psychologically? Designology answers all these questions and more with practical how-to advice and real-world examples sure to help make your house a happier place.

Move forward with your design projects. Bust through the design paralysis that affects so many by applying verified science-based insights. Designology helps you regain control of your design-related efforts with suggestions customized to your personality and space-related needs.

Find out what really matters. Designology teaches you how smells, textures, and other factors in your home influence your happiness. It shows you how your personality and ideal design styles are really related.

Learn:

• How to sound-scape a place so you can concentrate or think creatively
• How to use scents in your home to help your family feel healthier
• How to use paint to make your living room feel more comfortable
• And much more!

If you have read interior design books such as The Interior Design Handbook, My Creative Space, or Styled, you will love Sally Augustin’s Designology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633538825
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/28/2019
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	988,121
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sally Augustin, PhD, is a practicing environmental/design psychologist and the principal at Design With Science. She has extensive experience integrating science-based insights to develop recommendations for the design of places, objects, and services that support desired cognitive, emotional, and physical experiences. Her Design With Science clients include manufacturers, service providers, and design firms in North America, Europe, and Asia. They book Design With Science's services again and again—applying cognitive science pays off. More information on clients and past work is available upon request.




Dr. Augustin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.




Work completed by Dr. Augustin has been discussed in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Forbes, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Prevention, Salon, and Self and design publications worldwide. She is an invited contributor to the online version of the Harvard Business Review where she has contributed articles on a range of topics, from engaging workplaces to design and culture. For Metropolis, she has written a series of articles about successful spaces titled "Places that Work." She has discussed using design to enhance lives on mass-market national television and radio programs.




As the editor of Research Design Connections, Dr. Augustin has written widely on science-based design for a broad audience of people interested in the designed world. She speaks frequently to audiences in North America, Europe, and Asia at events such as the annual meeting of the American Institute of Architects, the International Design & Emotion Conference, the bi-annual meeting of the International Positive Psychology Association, the bi-annual meeting of the Association of Neuroscience for Architecture, NeoCon/IIDEX, the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting, the Environmental Design Research Association annual conference, Healthcare Design, Living-Futures, and Applied Brilliance.




Sally Augustin is a graduate of Wellesley College (BA), Northwestern University(MBA), and Claremont Graduate University(PhD). She holds leadership positions in professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association (past-president, environmental psychology division) and the Environmental Design Research Association (chair, work environments network).




Dr. Augustin is the author of Place Advantage: Applied Psychology for Interior Architecture (Wiley, 2009).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What Is Environmental Psychology and Why Does It Matter? 9

Chapter 2 Understanding the Basics of Environmental Psychology 19

Chapter 3 Who You Are 77

Chapter 4 The PlaceType System 83

Chapter 5 Adventurers and Guardians-Spaces for Enthusiasts 91

Chapter 6 Investigators and Sages-Spaces for intellectuals 111

Chapter 7 Mavericks and Dynamos-Spaces for Catalysts 133

Chapter 8 Maestros and Mavens-Spaces for Wizards 151

Chapter 9 Creating a Place That More Can Enjoy 167

Chapter 10 Special Place-Related Needs 175

Chapter 11 Right Place, Right Time 189

About the Author 192

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Discover your personal placetype so you can be happier at home.
―Cas Aarsen, bestselling of Real Life Organizing

"The time is ripe for practical, research-based information on how to create a home or workspace that is just right for you. Augustin’s unique approach offers such guidance in her ascinating, innovative and eminently useful book."
-Clare Cooper Marcus, professor and author of House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home"

Editorial Reviews

"Such a great book. I never realized how we use the space we live in to express ourselves as much as I learned after reading this book. Sally explains what a Placetype is and how we can shape the home around us into our ideal expressive humble abode. I am so inspired and have so many fun projects for the Winter now!" —Ask Away Blog 

"Discover your personal placetype so you can be happier at home." —Cas Aarsen, bestselling author of Real Life Organizing

"The time is ripe for practical, research-based information on how to create a home or workspace that is just right for you. Augustin’s unique approach offers such guidance in her ascinating, innovative and eminently useful book." —Clare Cooper Marcus, professor and author of House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home

From the Publisher