Influence of social connectedness and autonomy on aesthetic pleasure for product designs

Influence of social connectedness and autonomy on aesthetic pleasure for product designs

Blijlevens, J.
Hekkert, P.P.M.

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

2014-12-31

to feel connected to and autonomous from their ‘type of people’ and when product designs do they are aesthetically pleasing. From an evolutionary perspective, product designs provide aesthetic pleasure because they help direct beneficial behavior. We argue that people can fulfill their evolutionary need for safety through product designs that make them feel connected, and the need for accomplishment through product designs that help them feel autonomous. Accordingly, we assessed whether conditions of safety and accomplishment influence the relationships of connectedness and autonomy with aesthetic pleasure. In two studies, we show that regulatory focus and risk manipulation moderate the effects of connectedness and autonomy on aesthetic pleasure for product designs.

Aesthetic pleasure
connectedness and autonomy
product design

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IAEA

Proceedings of the 23rd Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, 22-24 augustus 2014, New York, USA

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conference paper

(c) 2014 Blijlevens, J. Hekkert, P.P.M.