Product Experience

Klappentext Brings together research that investigates how people experience products: durable! non-durable! or virtual. This book aims to bridge gaps between several areas within psychology (perception! cognition and emotion) and links these areas to more applied areas of science! such as product design! human-computer interaction and marketing. Zusammenfassung Brings together research that investigates how people experience products: durable! non-durable! or virtual. This book aims to bridge gaps between several areas within psychology (perception! cognition and emotion) and links these areas to more applied areas of science! such as product design! human-computer interaction and marketing.

Inhalt

Part 1: From the Human Perspective

A: Senses

Chapter 1: ON THE VISUAL APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS

Chapter 2: THE TACTUAL EXPERIENCE OF OBJECTS

Chapter 3: THE EXPERIENCE OF PRODUCT SOUNDS

Chapter 4: TASTE, SMELL AND CHEMESTHESIS IN PRODUCT EXPERIENCE

Chapter 5: MULTISENSORY PRODUCT EXPERIENCE

B: Capacities and skills

Chapter 6: HUMAN CAPABILITY AND PRODUCT DESIGN

Chapter 7: CONNECTING DESIGN WITH COGNITION AT WORK

Chapter 8: DESIGNING FOR EXPERTISE

Part II: From the Interaction Perspective

Chapter 9: HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE DESIGN OF EXPERIENCE

A: The aesthetic experience

Chapter 10: PRODUCT AESTHETICS

Chapter 11: AESTHETICS IN INTERACTIVE PRODUCTS: CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF BEAUTY

B: The experience of meaning

Chapter 12: MEANING IN PRODUCT USE: A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 13: PRODUCT EXPRESSION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE SYMBOLIC AND THE CONCRETE

Chapter 14: SEMANTICS: MEANINGS AND CONTEXTS OF ARTIFACTS

C: The emotional experience

Chapter 15: PRODUCT EMOTION

Chapter 16: CONSUMPTION EMOTIONS

D: Specific experiences and approaches

Chapter 17: PRODUCT ATTACHMENT: DESIGN STRATEGIES TO STIMULATE THE EMOTIONAL BONDING TO PRODUCTS

Chapter 18: CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF DESIGNING FOR COMFORT

Chapter 19: CO-EXPERIENCE: PRODUCT EXPERIENCE AS SOCIAL INTERACTION

Chapter 20: AFFECTIVE MEANING: THE KANSEI ENGINEERING APPROACH

Part III: From the Product Persperctive

A: Digital products

Chapter 21: THE USEFUL INTERFACE EXPERIENCE: THE ROLE AND TRANSFORMATION OF USABILITY

Chapter 22: THE EXPERIENCE OF INTELLIGENT PRODUCTS

Chapter 23: THE GAME EXPERIENCE

B: Non-durables

Chapter 24: EXPERIENCING FOOD PRODUCTS WITHIN A PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT

Chapter 25: THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF THE APPEARANCE OF NONDURABLE CONSUMER GOODS AND THEIR PACKAGING ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR

C: Environments

Chapter 26: OFFICE EXPERIENCES

Chapter 27: THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

CLOSING REFLECTIONS

INDEX