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Green_Desk.pdf

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What happens when nature surrounds technology instead of technology surrounding nature? Final presentation for d.Compress: Designing Calm, Stanford d.School, March 20, 2013.

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  1. Hypothesis Office workers need to be surprised and delighted by

    ‘natural’ ambient sensations because the modern office environment is stagnant and artificial.
  2. Prototype 1 < 10 seconds ‘calmed’ ‘soothed’ ‘relaxed’ Average length

    of interaction Reported feelings while using prototype
  3. Prototype 2 “It makes everything feel grounded... Everything that’s in

    nature belongs there. That’s the difference.”
  4. Prototype 2 Pleasurable sensations that arise from nature surrounding technology

    instead of technology surrounding nature natural primacy effect
  5. Thanks! Green Desk nature surrounding technology instead of technology surrounding

    nature Luke Dahl | [email protected] | @lukedahl Maria Molfino | mmolfi[email protected] | @mjmolfi Cassidy Robert Coyote Saenz | [email protected] | @crcsaenz Jonathan (Jasper) Sherman-Presser | [email protected] | @jasperjonathan