Encounters between materials and bodies matter throughout the creative process. This
paper contends that creative work depends on these encounters generating and filling the …

We live in atmospheres, we talk about them and we move through them. They offer us an
important route into comprehending several aspects of human life and experience, what is …

This paper reports a study that investigated the synergies of influence (that which shapes the
context for creative ideas) and inspiration (that which inspires the content) during the …

Research on design and designers has emphasized the tacit nature of the aesthetic
knowledge that these professionals draw upon to make decisions about formal properties of …

This article explores how fashion design—an activity that fundamentally weaves together the
practices, skills, and materials associated with clothing the body—can begin to weave …

The aim of this article is to explore sensemaking and learning processes with and through
affective atmospheres. We engage with recent research within the 'affective turn'across the …

The aestheticization of organizational space is a growing phenomenon with organizations
carefully designing the aesthetic engagement in space to invoke specific values and …

This article explores the “making of atmospheres” for commercial spaces through interior
design practices. Drawing upon Gernot Böhme's framework of atmospheres, it analyzes the …

Taking a labor process approach to organizations in cultural industries, this article compares
expressive and routine workers (audio engineers and studio attendants) within a US music …

Practice-based studies of organization have drawn attention to the importance of the body
as a site of knowledge and knowing. However, relational encounters between bodies and …