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4June2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today grey and black

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Health; Life.

We continue presenting the qualities of the best known colors with their general characteristic features as well as taking a look at their meaning for fashion and the interior design. Today it’s the turn of the colors Grey and Black.

GREY

is the color of perfect neutrality and reluctance. It is inconspicuous but also associated with boredom, unease and fear of life. Grey business suits place back individuality and look demure. In rooms the color Grey should only be used as combination color.

BLACK

is the color of darkness. It expresses grief, inscrutability and being shrouded in mystery. It has also an expression of dignity and respect and can have an especially ceremonious character. Black looks in the fashion also noble and ceremonious. It provides seriousness and generates respect. Black walls look sombre and difficult.

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18May2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today pink and white

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Health; Life.

PINK/ROSE

is a soft color which provides joy as blossoms in nature. Pink embodies idealism, order and sympathy, but creates also feelings of snobbery and dominance. Pink-colored clothes look very expressive, as rose variation, however, innocently. Rose is according to experts the best color for bedrooms because it calms and diminishes aggressions.

WHITE

is a symbol of the chastity, clarity and innocence. At the same time the color of ice and snow can also be understood as aloofness. In our culture there is, actually, no negative meaning of the white color, nevertheless, in China white is the color of grief and death. Completely dressed in white one looks elegant, but also unapproachable. In rooms white is ideal for color combinations. It neutralizes, lightens up and has a stimulating effect.

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11May2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today blue and violet

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Education; Health; Life.

We continue today presenting you the qualities of the best known colors with their general characteristic features as well as taking a look at their meaning for fashion and the interior design. Today it’s the turn of the colors Blue and Violet.

BLUE

The color of the sky stands for calmness, trust and longing, however, it can also have a melancholy or careless effect. Blue helps against sleeping problems and inflammations.
It promotes linguistic competences and clear thinking. People who wear blue clothings, know what they want, however, it looks often cold. Small rooms look bigger with blue painted walls. It can be used in rooms where relaxation is important, particularly in bedrooms.

VIOLET

stands for dignity, mysticism and protection. The color of inspiration and art has an extravagant and purifying effect. Violet can have a proud and haughty effect, however, it supports also concentration and self-confidence. Violet clothes have a festive, noble and mysterious effect. In living rooms violet has a calming effect, however, it’s rather suited for reception rooms.Violet is less suitable for dining rooms and bedrooms.

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7May2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today green and turquoise

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Education; Health; Life.

GREEN

is the color of nature. It calms, harmonizes and stands for security and hope. In color therapies green is used to prevent heart diseases. Green helps relieving grief, anger and love-sickness. On the other side green can also create feelings like envy, indifference and tiredness. A person dressed in green looks generous and trust-waking. Green causes in rooms feelings of rest, security and creativity and is ideal, hence, in workrooms – even if it appears “only” in the form of plants.

TURQUOISE

is a cool, fresh color. Turquoise creates spiritual openness and freedom, however, it can also have a impersonal effect. Turquoise can be used against infections and allergies of all kind and protects the immune system. An outfit in turquoise is always something special and looks extravagant. Turquoise-colored rooms look cool, but personal.

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26April2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today orange and yellow

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Health; Life.

ORANGE
is the symbolic color for optimism and joy of life. Orange is a mood elevator and stands for open-mindedness, sociability and self-confidence. The color orange can also provide an easygoing attitude and importunity. Orange helps in discomfort in belly and abdomen and supports nephritic functions. Clothes in orange increase the attraction. Rooms in orange support sociability and emit cosiness. Orange is the ideal color is for rooms with little daylight as well as for kitchens or dining rooms.

YELLOW
is the color of the sun. Yellow stands for light, optimism and joy. It relieves fear and depression. Yellow colors have a detoxifying effect which makes them perfect as cure against rheumatism, liver disturbances and immune system weakness. The clear Yellow stands also for knowledge, rationality and logic. More dirty yellow tones stand rather for negative qualities such as egoism, greed and envy. A yellow outfit emits joy of life and self-confidence. Yellow allows small spaces look bigger. Yellow is ideal for children’s rooms and conference rooms because it helps concentration and creativity as well as it stimulates conversations.

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25April2011

Colors and their effect on our psyche, today Red

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Health; Life.

Every color has another effect on our psyche and body because every color has its own typical wavelength and energy. Thus, for example, blue light has a cooling and calming effect, red light, however, has a warming and stimulating effect. Color therapy becomes more and more popular as baths, color acupuncture, radiotherapy as well as through food and drinks. However, we can use colors at home providing a positive mood. We can work with colors for our clothes or pieces of furniture.
We’ll summaries for you the qualities of the best known colors with their general characteristic features as well as taking a look at their meaning for fashion and the interior design. We start today with the color RED.

RED

is the color of fire, love and passion, but also the color of rage. Red attracts attention and stands for vitality, energy, love and passion. Red can activate and warm up, but also heat up. It stimulates the circulation, the metabolism, the appetite and the immune system. Red clothes stand for self-confidence. Wearing a red dress one looks sexy and strikes immediately. In rooms Red should only be used as a stimulus because too much Red makes restless.

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10October2010

Laughter is not about humor

Posted by Cecilia under: Culture; Science.

“Laughter is really not about humor,” says Robert Provine, a neuroscientist at the University of Maryland, engaged in studies of the development, evolution and neural mechanisms of behavior.

The kind of humor varies strongly. A lot about humor is taught or culturally influenced. The research team of Robert Provine has discovered that there are astonishingly few differences in what women and men laugh at. Their latest study also disproves the assumption that women laugh more than men.

There are still some gender differences in what people are laughing at. Most of them have cultural reasons. According to Provine “laughter is about social situations. And it’s one of the more common, but neglected, human behaviors.”

Laughing is a human behavior, it’s humor which is defined by cultural differences

4October2010

Hope for people suffering food allergies

Posted by Cecilia under: Health; Science.

Food allergies lead to roughly 300,000 emergency room visits and 100 to 200 deaths each year. This is the bad news. The good news is that a study published online in the journal Nature Medicine provides hope that the human body could be trained to tolerate food allergies.

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered a way to turn off the immune system’s allergic reaction to certain food proteins in mice, a discovery that could have implications for the millions of people who suffer severe reactions to foods, such as peanuts and milk. The researchers hope to confirm whether this promising process in mice can also occur in people.

In the laboratory, the researchers took a food protein that causes allergies in mice and modified it by adding special sugars. They found that, when ingested by the mice, the modified proteins would be able to bind on the immune system cells causing the immune system to learn to tolerate the modified food protein — and the protein would no longer induce an allergic reaction, even when consumed in its unmodified form.

“There is no cure for food allergies, and the primary treatment is avoidance of the offending protein,” Zhou says. “This (finding) could teach our bodies to create a new immune response and we would no longer be allergic to the protein.”

8September2010

The healing effects of forests

Posted by Cecilia under: Health; Nature; Science.

“Many people,” says Dr. Eeva Karjalainen, of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Metla, “feel relaxed and good when they are out in nature. But not many of us know that there is also scientific evidence about the healing effects of nature.”

Numerous studies show that forests can reduce stress, improve moods, reduce anger and aggressiveness and increase overall happiness. Forest visits may also strengthen our immune system. I was also reading that looking at the color green makes people calm and relaxed. This might be one of the probably many reasons for the healing effects of forests.

Dr. Karjalainen will coordinate a session on the health benefits of forests at the 2010 IUFRO World Forestry Congress in Seoul. “Preserving green areas and trees in cities is very important to help people recover from stress, maintain health and cure diseases. There is also monetary value in improving people’s working ability and reducing health care costs.” she says.

1September2010

PechaKucha Night

Posted by Cecilia under: Art; Culture.

PechaKucha, what is it?

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

With PechaKucha Nights now happening in over 230 cities around the world they have discovered that most cities - not just Tokyo have virtually no public spaces where people can show and share their work in relaxed way.

If you have just graduated from college and finished your first project in the real world - where can you show it? It probably won’t get into a magazine, you don’t have enough photos for a gallery show or a lecture - but PechaKucha 20×20 is the perfect platform to show and share your work.

Good PechaKucha presentation are the ones that uncover the unexpected, unexpected talent, unexpected ideas. Some PechaKuchas tell great stories about a project or a trip. Some are incredibly personal, some are incredibly funny, but all are very different making each PechaKucha Night like ‘a box of chocolates’.

Are you a PechaKucha?