(from jamieoliver.com)

(from jamieoliver.com)

Following the lead of other celebrity chefs, Jamie Oliver plans to open two new restaurants in a luxury residential development in Dubai. The pair of restaurants in the Jumeirah Golf Estates’ Water neighborhood are not expected to open until 2011. Jamie Oliver plans to include cooking classes and other educational opportunities in his offerings for these new restaurants.

When You Can’t Leave: Designing for the Flight Reflex in Airports, Venues, and Hospitals

When You Can’t Leave: Designing for the Flight Reflex in Airports, Venues, and Hospitals

In high-stimulus public spaces, our bodies do more than react – they strategise.
Airports, hospitals, and stadiums all evoke subtle “Flight” responses: scanning, pacing, early exits.
Understanding how threat appraisal drives behaviour can help architects and planners design calmer spaces – and reveal why relaxation, not excitement, predicts dwell, spend, and satisfaction.

The Last Ten Minutes of Luxury

The Last Ten Minutes of Luxury

Guests pay for days yet remember minutes. The peak end rule explains why a stay often lives or dies on one high moment and the day of departure. What works, what fails, and how to design the arc so memory carries your brand home.