{"product_id":"designing-mind-friendly-environments-architecture-and-design-for-everyone-9781785921421","title":"Designing Mind-Friendly Environments:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the impact of the built environment and design on people with a range of neurological experiences, including autism, dementia, dyslexia and dyspraxia, this comprehensive guide provides project commissioners, architects and designers with all the information and personal insight they need to design, create and build 'mind-friendly' environments for everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssimilating knowledge from medical, therapeutic, social and educational spheres, and using sensory integration theory, the book explores the connection between our minds and our surroundings and considers the impact of the environment on the senses, well-being and neurodiverse needs of people. The book shows how design adaptations to lighting, acoustics, temperature, surfaces, furniture and space can positively benefit the lives of everyone across a range of environments including workplaces, retail, sport and leisure, domestic, educational institutions, cultural and civic spaces, outdoor spaces and places of worship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversal in its approach and written by an experienced architect and inclusive design consultant, this book is essential reading for professionals in architecture and design, education, organisational psychology, business management and occupational therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Mind-Friendly Environments\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating and thought-provoking book in which Maslin offers rich professional and personal insights into how design and the environment we live and work in affect our health and wellbeing.  Teaching us much about our senses and the deeply personal act of perceptual experience along the way, Maslin's book firmly places the person at the centre of design. This is a must-read for anybody interested in inclusive design and a sustainable future. -- Ute Leonards, University of Bristol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Foreword \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection A: Connecting Different \"Worlds\"\u003cbr\u003e 1. Definitions and Voice\u003cbr\u003e 2. Learning from People on the Autism Spectrum (and other neurological experiences)  \u003cbr\u003e 3. Learning from OT, Psychology, UX, and Inclusive Design\u003cbr\u003e 4. Design as Social Prescribing \u003cbr\u003e 5. Prescription to Commissioning \u003cbr\u003e 6. For Whom or With Whom?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection B: The Human Experience. \u003cbr\u003e 7. Diversity\u003cbr\u003e 8. Stress\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sensory Processing \u003cbr\u003e10. Emotion, Meaning and Metaphor \u003cbr\u003e11. Reasoning, Learning and Understanding.\u003cbr\u003e12. Rest and Sleep\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Section C: Contextual Experience \u003cbr\u003e  13. Mind and Body in Context \u003cbr\u003e  14. Spatial Context\u003cbr\u003e  15. Social Context\u003cbr\u003e  16. Comfort and Activity\u003cbr\u003e  17. Acoustics\u003cbr\u003e  18. Lighting\u003cbr\u003e  19. Surfaces\u003cbr\u003e  20. Tastes, Smells and Air Quality \u003cbr\u003e  21. Temperature\u003cbr\u003e  22. The Natural World\u003cbr\u003e  23. Time and Memory\u003cbr\u003e  24. Navigation, place and wayfinding \u003cbr\u003e  25. Spatial Choice, Permission and Security \u003cbr\u003e  26. Communication  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection D: Different Environments \u003cbr\u003e 27. Landscape and Urban\u003cbr\u003e 28. Transport \u003cbr\u003e 29. Education \u003cbr\u003e 30. Health and Social care\u003cbr\u003e 31. Workplaces  \u003cbr\u003e 32. Places of Worship\u003cbr\u003e 33. Communal\u003cbr\u003e 34. Civic and Cultural \u003cbr\u003e 35. Leisure and Sports \u003cbr\u003e 36. Food and Drink \u003cbr\u003e 37. Retail \u003cbr\u003e 38. Hospitality \u003cbr\u003e 39. Industrial and Military \u003cbr\u003e 40. Judicial and Custodial \u003cbr\u003e 41. Domestic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection E: Getting Serious \u003cbr\u003e 42. Facilities management\u003cbr\u003e 43. Safeguarding of Wellbeing \u003cbr\u003e 44. Fire and Emergencies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummary \u003cbr\u003eBiography of Author \u003cbr\u003eTable of Figures \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Kingsley Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412235297111,"sku":"9781785921421","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785921421.jpg?v=1730516096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-mind-friendly-environments-architecture-and-design-for-everyone-9781785921421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}