{"id":6732,"date":"2014-01-12T17:07:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T22:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:37:54","slug":"12-365-cathedral-effect-design-design-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/12\/12-365-cathedral-effect-design-design-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"12 of 365: Cathedral effect #design #design-principle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6733\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6733\" data-attachment-id=\"6733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/12\/12-365-cathedral-effect-design-design-principle\/12-of-365-cathedral-effect-design-principle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12 of 365 &amp;#8211; Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12 of 365 &amp;#8211; Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;12 of 365 &amp;#8211; Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6733\" alt=\"12 of 365 - Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/12-of-365-Cathedral-effect-design-principle.png?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12 of 365 &#8211; Cathedral effect design principle by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is research that suggests that people complete tasks differently in environments where there are notably high or notably low ceilings. In environments where the ceiling is not noticeably high or low, it did not have an effect. High ceilings tend to have a cognitive effect of opening up creative and big-picture thinking, whereas lower ceilings have the effect of more detail oriented thinking.<\/p>\n<p>In this illustration, I&#8217;m demonstrating the idea of people in both high- and low-ceiling environments.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/02\/2-365-expository-comparative-advance-organizers-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/02\/2-365-expository-comparative-advance-organizers-design-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 of 365: Expository and Comparative Advance Organizers #design #principles<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/27\/ive-decided-resume-365sketches-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/27\/ive-decided-resume-365sketches-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;ve decided to resume 365sketches in 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/01\/1-365-2014-8020-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/01\/1-365-2014-8020-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1 of 365 (2014): The 80\/20 Principle<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/11\/11-365-biophilia-effect-design-design-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/01\/11\/11-365-biophilia-effect-design-design-principle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11 of 365: Biophilia effect #design #design-principle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is research that suggests that people complete tasks differently in environments where there are notably high or notably low ceilings. 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