Bubble tubes glow. Projectors scatter moving colors across the walls. Music plays softly. There may be textured panels, beanbags, swings, scented products, fiber-optic lights, weighted objects, and boxes of fidget
A room can look perfectly ordinary to most people and still be visually exhausting to someone else. Overhead fluorescent fixtures may feel glaring, certain LED lights can appear unstable or
A supermarket asks a shopper to do far more than choose food. Fluorescent or LED lighting fills a large room with few visual breaks. Refrigeration units hum continuously. Carts rattle,
When someone becomes overwhelmed by a loud room, glaring light, strong fragrance, crowded space, or uncomfortable texture, the response is often framed as a problem of regulation: take deep breaths,
The invisible architecture of our environments: Chemical exposure and the nervous system The spaces we inhabit are often filled with an invisible architecture of chemical compounds that we interact with