Preferred Security Experience: Designing a security area with a human perspective for Schiphol Airport

Schiphol Group is owner and operator of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and driven by the ambition to become Europe’s Preferred Airport. The airport industry has become a fiercely competitive market due to prizefighters. As Schiphol is quite an expensive airport for airlines and passengers, it has to distinguish herself by quality and service. In...

The freedom of light characteristics in atmosphere perception for the living room

With the introduction of LED lighting, nowadays designers and architects have more flexibility to evoke emotions and create certain atmospheres in a space by means of artificial lighting. The perceived atmosphere in a space is an experience of the surroundings in relation to ourselves; it is an affective evaluation of the environment (Scholten...