Heaven or hell?
A few months ago I posted a link to a blog that cracks me up: Unhappy Hipsters. The writer captions images from Dwell Magazine with emotionally bleak expositions of the underlying mental states of the inhabitants of these artful homes.
I’ve been searching (so far mostly fruitlessly) for real research on the impact of your home’s layout and general state of tidiness or lack thereof on stress and peace of mind. But I did come across a fun little article in Psychology Today that touches on the topic I want to learn more about in light of these poor unhappy hipsters. Thought it was worth sharing: Does Modern Architecture Make Us Gloomy?
It’s funny, I’m actually generally a bit preoccupied with a similar question myself. There’s a book called the Architecture of Happiness that I have always meant to read that touches on this. If you google “environmental psychology” you may get some interesting answers as well.
Oh — thank you, Kate! I’ve been googling a zillion different search terms and not coming up with what I was looking for. Post vacation, I’ll see if the library can get this book you mention. Till then, there is quite a bit of info “in the tubes” on the subject to take a look at. Thanks for setting me in the right direction!
I am now fascinated by this subject as well – I want to write about it for ZENyc. Let’s share what we find!
This series was fascinating and did scientific experiments to decipher how buildings affect your mood and health:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-life-of-buildings