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出氣室
All the rage: Chinese vent their stress in Beijing 'anger room' | The Japan Times
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It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin.
All three paid 158 yuan ($23) to spend half an hour in an “anger room” in Beijing, where patrons wearing protective gear use hammers and bats to vent their frustration on household objects while staff play music of their choice in the background.
Qiu, a bespectacled 16-year-old high school student with braces, said she was there to vent anger about school.
“It feels so good when I destroy those bottles and watch them explode,” she said, smiling sweetly.
Since the venture opened in September, customers have smashed around 15,000 bottles every month, said 25-year-old Jin Meng, who co-founded Smash with her friends.
Not intended to promote violence, Smash aims to help people deal with the pressures of living in big cities like Beijing, Jin said, adding that their target customers are between 20 and 35 years old.
Another customer, Liu Chao, 32, looked relaxed and pleased after his session.
“If you have money, you can smash anything — smash some TVs, computers, wine bottles, furniture, mannequins, but the only thing you can’t do is to smash someone,” said Liu.
Similar ventures already exist in other countries, including the United States.
Jin said around 600 people visit Smash each month.
“A woman brought all her wedding photos here, and she smashed them all. We welcome people to bring their own stuff,” Jin said.
“Every time when we come across cases like this, they affirm our belief that we’ve provided a safe place to let out negative energy. And we are happy for that.”
In Beijing, Jin said her next step is to open a new anger room in a shopping mall where people can take a break from their shopping to smash a bottle or two.
美麗的事物 會增加快樂感
HTC-funded research shows that beautiful things make people happier
Jerry Hildenbrand
HTC has announced the resuts of a study that shows well-designed objects make people not only happier, but actually can reduce negative thoughts and feelings by as much as 29 percent. No, I'm not kidding.
HTC contracted the behavioural research agency Innovationbubble, who performed a scientific (their word, not mine) study of 2,177 participants from Australia, China, Germany, Russia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The research shows some interesting details.
Key findings
The scientific study assessed the physical (biometric) responses of 2,177 participants from seven markets, by monitoring heart rate and sweat on skin, in addition to conducting a series of online creativity tests. Looking at and interacting with everyday objects that were 'beautiful', 'functional' or 'beautiful and functional' in the home and in the workplace revealed that:
Well-designed objects that are both beautiful and functional trigger positive emotions like calmness and contentment, reducing negative feelings like anger and annoyance by almost a third (29%)
Purely functional objects that are not beautiful increased negative emotions like gloominess and depression by 23%
Poor functionality hinders creativity, making it 45% more difficult to be creative
Positive moods make us more outgoing and open to new ideas – which in turn make us more creative
There were no major differences amongst the seven countries taking part in the study
The emotional impact of beauty and functionality
Dr Simon Moore, Chartered Psychologist and Management Director of behavioural research agency Innovationbubble, explains: "Beauty induces stable long-term positive emotions and has a cathartic effect on negative emotions. Going for a walk in the countryside or on the beach can lift our mood. Looking at a brilliant photograph or a renowned painting can move us to tears. At the other end of the scale, high impact positive emotions – elation, excitement and delight – don't last long. They can't – they're too exhausting to sustain and, as such, are not conducive to creativity." Dr Moore also remarked that many of the study's participants consciously surrounded their work-stations or certain areas in their homes with beautiful objects:
"Having beautiful products around my workstation mark my creative territory." Lin (26) – Student, China
"Having beautiful things to look at soothes me when I'm stressed and inspires me when I need to create."Mei-hui (22) – Nanny, Taiwan
Looking, admiring and touching well-designed objects act like an 'emotional vitamin' boosting our feelings of happiness and pleasure and buffering us against stress and tension. It's no surprise then that design is a top global purchase driver for smartphones* since we carry them with us everywhere.
"At HTC, we've always known instinctively that good design is important. It's not just about creating a gorgeous phone that looks and feels great – it is about understanding the impact that well designed everyday objects have on people's emotions and behaviour. So we put it to the test, said Claude Zellweger, principal designer at HTC.
"And what that test revealed was an interesting fact: good design makes you happy. So when we craft an everyday object like the HTC One, that goes on to receive critical acclaim, we know that we have done something right, that we have designed a phone that consumers really want".
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