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I just returned from San Diego and it is work time again. I was reading recently that the Lehman brothers office art, including lavish paintings and similiar office artwork, was up for sale or auction. That reminded me of something: An interesting article about a new career combining psychology and interior design was published in the newsletter of the APA Science Directorate, November/December 2000 issue of Psychological Science Agenda, and was written by Susan Lee Painter, PhD. In the article called, An Interesting Career in Psychology: Design Psychologist. In the piece, Dr. Painter writes about leaving a tenured position at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where she had taught and conducted research for 6 years. She was also the founding Director of Canada’s National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. Good style like that can be so hard to find incidentially. I seem to recall a certain san diego cosmetic surgeon that had all this good art in her office. I mean if you are a successful plastic or cosmetic surgeon why not, right? After a all, a successful cosmetc surgeon in a place like Los Angeles or San Diego makes a lot and can splurge a little. After all, tumescent liposuction, tummy tuck, liposuction and breast implants cost a pretty penny these days as do all cosmetc surgery procedures that I am aware of except the simple ones like botox injections or something like that. Good building art and office paintings can be quite rare, it seems to me.
She thought that she was leaving Psychology behind when she enrolled as a full-time interior design student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). However, now Dr. Painter combines her knowledge of Psychology with her knowledge of architecture, design and art. As a student at UCLA she was asked to teach, “Human Factors in Design.” Excited, she rose to the challenge using her Psychology background and devised curricula for the course, which she still teaches.
She developed her course so that it, as she says in her article, “focuses on fulfilling the psychological needs of clients and users of space, rather than simply using aesthetic factors to serve as the basis for design.” She taught her students to use listening and observation, and interview methodologies to ascertain how spaces were really used. She explains that this principle is especially vital in determining how to design schools, residential communities for the elderly, and other facilities where there will be high levels of stress.
For my part, i think I am going to go work on that office art gallery some more.