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- Adank, Rodney, et al.
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Exploring sensory perception, appraisal and concern: An approach to support design activity
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings from the 6th Conference on Design & Emotion. - 9789881748928
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The fundamental first stage of product interaction is through sensory perception, which generates cognitive and affective experiences. Product perception through sensory feedback is a major component in the end user product appraisal that precedes the elicitation of product emotion. Sensory evaluation is connected to a set of concepts including appraisal, concern and goal oriented objective. The interplay between stimulus (in this case from sensory feedback) and product concern, which forms the basis for product appraisal, is key to understanding how design effort can affect the end user's product perception. This research investigates the contribution that sensory information can make to the design process using a technique, Experience Continuum Sampling to explore the connection between sensory perception, appraisal and concern due to product interaction. This approach provides specific information related to product features experienced through sensory stimuli. The designer can weight sensory information and direct activity to optimise product design.
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- Enquist, Henrik, et al.
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Intuition in Design and Emotion – Transforming raw data into conclusions, a meta-analysis of the 2006 Design and Emotion conference papers.
- 2008
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Ingår i: [Host publication title missing]. - 9789881748928
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In any research field the transformation of raw data into conclusions is a critical phase, necessitating a systematic approach. The basic question is: How can I as a (design) researcher corroborate my conclusions? This paper is based on a study of the analytical/interpretative portion of papers published in the Proceedings of the 2006 Design & Emotion Conference. We investigate how the authors present the interpretative process in their papers, such as using specific methods for interpretation and analysis. It became obvious that there were few specific methods for interpretation mentioned in the Conference papers studied, though there was a wide range of methodological approaches from theoretical and statistical to purely qualitative. Notably, most papers did not mention any method at all. The issue of interpretation is certainly not new, but in the light of the topic of design for emotions, design (research) by emotions or intuition should be discussed.
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- Keitsch, Martina, et al.
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Meaning and interpretation: An analysis of two theoretical perspectives in product design
- 2008
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Ingår i: 6th Conference on Design and Emotion 2008; Hong Kong; Hong Kong; 6 October 2008 through 9 October 2008. - : The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. - 9789881748928
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experiences gain increasing attention in design research, but theories are inconsistent, and the foundations of different methods are rarely discussed. Design research has sui generis no fixed epistemology, and is open to methodological eclecticism. However, as paradigms successively change from positivistic towards more comprehensive views, discussions on how underlying theoretical assumptions influence approaches are needed. This paper examines and compares axiological, epistemological and methodological aspects of two perspectives: Kansei engineering, and a postmodernist framework. Both frameworks aim to match designers' conceptions of product symbolism etc. to those of the user group, but they evolve from different theoretical starting points. Analyzing the contents of underlying theories and their influence on methods and expected results is an important part of theory development that may also support designers in making methodological choices.
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- Oveisy, Nazanin, et al.
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Emotional design for the blind users: Application of tactile and auditory semiotics in product design
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings from the 6th Conference on Design and Emotion 2008. - 9789881748928
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- As products features and functions and user's conceptions of them could be a part of each product's beauty, aesthetics in product design is not limited to the appearance of a product. Users feel beauty with all of their five senses, so sight is not the only tool for understanding the aesthetics, but a part of each user's emotional ability. To develop a new product design paradigm for sensitive-disabled users, in the first phase of this research both physical requirements and emotional needs of a blind user (as a certain) group has been studied. In a product design project as an experimental phase of the study, defining the non-visual signs and symbols for usage scenarios, helped the design team to create an emotional but non-visual design for a product which was designed for blind users, who use their touch sense as the main tool for understanding and interacting with products. A physical model of final design (the laptop for the blind) was evaluated by the user group and achieved attention and successes in various national and international exhibitions. The results of experimental phase led to a discussion about a holistic and extendable paradigm for bringing emotion into products which are designed for sensitive-disabled users, especially blind users. The study shows that how an emotional dialogue between disabled users and products could exist without depending on visual signs and symbols.
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