{"id":7661,"date":"2015-12-21T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2015-11-29T21:05:28","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T02:05:28","slug":"places-of-the-heart-colin-ellard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbarkley.com\/2015\/12\/21\/places-of-the-heart-colin-ellard\/","title":{"rendered":"Places of the Heart | Colin Ellard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1942658001\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1942658001&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=meditonezeki-20&amp;linkId=BKIVV7RELVOJBGOU\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7662\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stephenbarkley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/51qZ87zY4HL._SX330_BO1204203200_-e1448555235743.jpg?resize=200%2C301\" alt=\"The cover of Ellard's Places of the Heart\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><em>Places of the Heart<\/em> is an odd convergence. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colinellard.com\/\">Colin Ellard<\/a> walks along the intersection of psychology, architecture, and urban design. He studies precisely how various design elements make you feel and shares his knowledge in an accessible form.<\/p>\n<p>This book is packed full of\u00a0interesting and useful knowledge. Did you know that curves are more welcoming than straight lines? That aggressive lines and sharp corners can cause anxiety? That a few improvements to a facade can physically slow down pedestrian traffic in front of a big box store?<\/p>\n<p>Like all good science writers\u00a0(Levitin, Mlodinow, and Kahneman to name a few), Ellard takes technical experiments and translates them into compelling prose. 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