Both Albert Einstein and writer Roald Dahl famously worked at very messy desks, and it never seemed to do them any harm. "Orderly environments promote convention and healthy choices, which could improve life by helping people follow social norms and boosting well-being. Disorderly environments stimulated creativity, which has widespread importance for culture, business, and the arts." So, both the messy and untidy environments have their advantages and disadvantages and both can be used to your advantage. At the start of the creative process, for example, you want loads of ideas, so gravitate towards messy areas. But, as a project progresses you need to narrow them down, refine and create order from the chaos. Perhaps this is when tidy spaces come into their own. These findings may well also apply online. The researchers have been doing follow-up tests on the internet. Their preliminary results suggest that tidy websites encourage playing it safe while more messy ones encourage creativity. This study helps explain why: "...many creative individuals with Nobel prizes and other ultra-prestigious awards prefer—and in fact cultivate—messy environments as an aid to their work." spring.org.uk/2013/08/tidy-or-messy-desk-which-is-best-for-the-mind.php
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:43:30 +0000
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