Month: January 2021

Was 2020 the Year for Well-Designed Places?

Leave a Comment / Catchall, Happy Cities, Urban Design / By hellohappy

2020 was definitely my year for well-designed places. It was the focus of my work for the better half of the year, and led me to so many exciting discoveries, which I continue to share about on this website. Beyond some of my personal 2020 highlights (below), I’ve concluded this post with a series of …

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Experience is in the Eye of the Beholder

Leave a Comment / Catchall, Happy Cities, Science of Happiness, Urban Design / By hellohappy

On the Significance of the Subjective Component My Hello Happy design research grew from an instinctive recognition of the spatiality of places. Given this, I believe that urban designers and planners have the ability to manipulate the qualities of a place with the intent of positively influencing the sensations, perceptions, emotions, and decision-making of people encountering that …

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