Basic Principles and New Methods on Emotional Product Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 452-453 ◽  
pp. 437-440
Author(s):  
Min Huang ◽  
Hong Juan Qiao
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Shape Design ◽  
Emotional Design ◽  
Kansei Engineering ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Product Technology

Emotional design is one of the most important methods in modern product design. It was highlighted after Donald A. Norman published his book Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things. Emotional design addresses people’s needs and hopes which is in the center of the development of product design and product technology. Due to the lack of strong theoretical basis and quantitative analysis, many products can’t reach the goal of their designers with Emotional feelings, nor can consumer’s emotional understandings be similar to the designers’ emotional expectations. This paper analyzes the concept of emotional design and some difficulties which designers must to be faced in their emotional designing works, discusses on product shape design according to emotional design. On this basis, the Kansei engineering and emotional design methods are described in details.

scholarly journals Systematic Literature Reviews in Kansei Engineering for Product Design—A Comparative Study from 1995 to 2020

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 6532
Author(s):  
Óscar López ◽  
Clara Murillo ◽  
Alfonso González
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Shape Design ◽  
Emotional Design ◽  
Kansei Engineering ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Specific Discipline ◽  
User Demand ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Purchasing Behaviour

Individual products and models on the market must be specifically differentiated from the rest to meet user demand. In terms of consumer purchasing behaviour, consumers increasingly base their decisions on subjective terms or the impression that the product leaves on them, both in terms of functionality, usability, safety, and price adequacy, and regarding the emotions and feelings that it triggers in them. This demand has lead both Asia and Europe to implement new methodologies to develop new products, such as “emotional design” or Kansei engineering. This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) on the most relevant methodologies based on Kansei engineering and their relevant results in the specific discipline of product design, addressing these five questions: (RQ1) How many studies on KE and emotional design are there in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases from 1995 to February 2021? (RQ2) Which research topics and types of KE are addressed? (RQ3) Who is leading the research on KE and emotional design? (RQ4) What are the benefits and drawbacks of using and applying the methodology? (RQ5) What are the limitations of the current research? We analysed 87 studies focusing on the Kansei methodology used for product design and device technologies (e.g., shape design, actuators, sensors, structure) and aesthetic aspects (e.g., Kansei words selection, the quantification of measured emotions of results, and detected shortcomings), and provided the database with all the collected information. One identified and highlighted sector in the results is the electronic–technological-device sector. Results confirm that this type of methodology has a majority and direct application in these sectors, and they are widely represented in the automotive and electronics industries. Lastly, this SLR provides researchers with a guide for comparative emotional-design work, and facilitates future designers who want to implement emotional design in their work by selecting the specific type according to the results of the SLR.

scholarly journals Design and evaluation of silage equipment control panel based on the theory of emotional design and Kansei Engineering

2018 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Jie Yan ◽  
Bing Lv ◽  
Jianqiang Wang ◽  
Derong Duan ◽  
Mengjia Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Differential Method ◽  
Design Model ◽  
Control Panel ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Emotional Design ◽  
Kansei Engineering ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Equipment Control

In order to make the silage equipment control panel meet user needs better and translate user requirements into product design elements, this paper puts forward the design model of silage equipment control panel based on the theory of emotional design and Kansei Engineering. Firstly, qualitative and quantitative analyses of silage equipment control panel were conducted according to the results of the user survey. Then, the prior design elements and the “Feature-Vocabulary” correspondence were obtained, which were applied to the design of silage equipment control panel. Finally, the design plan was evaluated using semantic differential method. As a result, it is initially verified that the design model has certain feasibility for translating user requirements into product design elements.

scholarly journals Analysis of priority capture method for dynamic requirements of intelligent products based on user scenarios

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 168781402110284
Author(s):  
Weiwei Wang ◽  
Ting Wei ◽  
Suihuai Yu ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
Binhong Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Cognitive Bias ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Product Experience ◽  
Model Tree ◽  
Capture Method ◽  
Intelligent Products

To solve the problem of the fuzzy and dynamics of requirement caused by users’ cognitive bias, a dynamic requirement and priority capture method based on user scenarios is proposed, aiming at effectively improving user experience. The method consists of the following steps: Firstly, users with similar characteristics are filtered to form a user cluster, then obtain the user’s product experience in different usage scenarios and acquire preliminary requirements by using service design methods. Secondly, the requirement path model tree will be designed and the requirement path matrix will be constructed through the evaluation of the user cluster. Then the pathfinder algorithm will be used to calculate the required correlation of user clusters and prioritize the requirements. Finally, the direction of the product design will be provided. Taking the design of the intelligent office chair as an example, the effectiveness of the method is verified by evaluating the satisfaction of user experience.

scholarly journals Application of TOPSIS and AHP in the Multi-Objective Decision-Making Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 05002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
New Methods

The problems of multi-objective decision making are analysed and studied. In order to solve its optimization problems, the basic principles and application steps of TOPSIS and AHP are introduced in this paper. Then some practical examples are given to show how to apply these two new methods in multi-objective decision making problems. Finally, the advantage and feasibility of the TOPSIS and AHP methods are demonstrated by theoretical analysis.

Design Research on Composite Running Washing Machine

2013 ◽  
Vol 739 ◽  
pp. 684-688
Author(s):  
Yuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Shape Design ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Washing Machine ◽  
Visual Effects ◽  
Combination Principle ◽  
Composite Product

Composite product design is becoming a consumption ideology. It is formed with the changes of the modernity of the consumers, is developed according to the modern values and is the inevitable consequence of social development. The article clarifies the design concept of Composite Running Washing Machine from three aspects. First of all, we decide the product orientation and appearance shape design according to consumers, consumer demand and mechanical combination principle. Secondly, we grasp the influence of material quality on the whole visual effect according to what mental feelings on us of the character of the material and visual effects. Eventually, we explains the design concept of humanism from the perfect combination of functions and details. Thus the design shows great respect and care for human beings.

DSM-Based Product Representation for Retirement Process-Based Modularity

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxia Lai ◽  
John K. Gershenson
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Modular Architecture ◽  
Product Representation ◽  
Modular Product ◽  
Product Modularity

Researchers have expanded the definition of product modularity from function-based modularity to life-cycle process-based modularity. In parallel, measures of product modularity have been developed as well as corresponding modular product design methods. However, a correct modularity measure and modular design method are not enough to realize modular product design. To apply the measure and design method correctly, product representation becomes an important aspect of modular design and imperative for realizing the promised cost savings of modularity. In this paper, a representation for retirement process-based modular design has been developed. Built upon previous representations for assembly and manufacturing-based product design, the representation includes a process similarity matrix and a process dependency matrix. The retirement process-based similarity is based on the similarity in components’ post-life intents (recycling, reuse, disposal), and either the degree of their material compatibility if the components will be recycled, or their disassembly direction or disassembly tools if they need to be disassembled from each other for retirement. Process similarity within a module leads to increased process efficiency (the elimination of non-value added tasks) from the sharing of tooling/equipment. Retirement process-based dependency is developed based on disassembly difficulty, one aspect of the physical interactions between components. Retiring components together as a module to eliminate disassembly and differential processing and reducing the disassembly difficulty between the modules can increase the efficiency of the retirement process. We have first presented which process elements we should consider for defining retirement process similarity and dependency, and then constructed the respective similarity and dependency factors tables. These tables include similarity and dependency factors, which, along with their quantifications, are used to determine a product’s modular architecture to facilitate the retirement process. Finally, a fishing reel is used to illustrate how to apply these factors tables to generate the similarity and dependency matrices that represent a product for retirement-process based modular design. Using these representations as input to the DSM-based modular design methods, we can achieve a design with a modular architecture that improves the retirement process efficiency and reduces retirement costs.

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