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Maslow and bus stops
Although he called it a hierarchy in his 1943 paper, he stated that there were many exceptions to this. Cindy Blackstock (2011) ...
Apr 15
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Synchronising the vibe: how we know something is happening
When PEARL was asked to create a sound for the acoustic vehicle alert system (AVAS) being required for e-scooters in London, it was...
Apr 16, 2023
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Why changing the world is so important
PEARL is all about learning and understanding how people interact with their immediate environment. We study this by looking at how...
Apr 2, 2023
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Designing for Experience Rather Than Appearance
We are currently conducting research at PEARL into reintroducing nature into cities and the resulting impact this can have on well-being....
Feb 18, 2023
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How PEARL thinks
In creating the PEARL facility, we have created a building in which we can express and develop our thinking about how to design, create...
Aug 9, 2022
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Our Vision and Objective (1 year on...)
The Vision that we set out when conceiving PEARL was "to create a better world for a future in which people and the environment can...
Jul 17, 2022
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So, what do you see?
This week we have been talking a bit about lighting. A major infrastructure owner came to see us to find out if we could help them find...
Jul 2, 2022
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Public Transport that breathes
At PEARL, in addition to doing the research and our teaching, dissemination and community participation activities, we also consider how...
May 14, 2022
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PEARL's magic tree...
We are about to undertake some experiments which require a park to be created in PEARL. The park has four large screens around it, which...
Mar 21, 2022
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PEARL and autocatalysis: how a laboratory actively helps its researchers to collaborate
This image is of a savanna - in this case in Zimbabwe. The human species has evolved to enable us to live successfully in such an...
Dec 18, 2021
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Innovating urban design
Last week, it was announced that PEARL is one of the finalists in the National Urban Design Awards 2021 in the Innovation Category. You...
Oct 24, 2021
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Why do we do what we do?
The philosophy that drove the design of the PEARL facility is that we act based on our perception of the world. PEARL was designed to...
Oct 17, 2021
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