“Neuroscience shows that all the things that ignite the senses—art, scents, music, design—actually have a positive effect on you on a cellular level,” says Ivy Ross, vice president of design for hardware products at Google. “Of course, I know that as a designer and an artist, but it’s fantastic that science backs it up now, too.”
At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Google presented “A Space for Being,” an exhibition that explored how science, design, and technology can come together to understand the body’s response to aesthetic experiences. Google worked with the International Arts + Mind Lab of the Brain Sciences Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Reddymade Architecture and Design, and Scandinavian furniture brand Muuto to create the presentation.
One component of the exhibition was variations in lighting.…
