Print Email Facebook Twitter Mood granularity for design Title Mood granularity for design: Introducing a holistic typology of 20 mood states Author Xue, H. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics) Desmet, P.M.A. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics) Fokkinga, S.F. (TU Delft Design Aesthetics) Date 2020 Abstract This paper introduces a holistic typology of 20 mood states that are presented with a componential approach, describing six aspects: subjective feeling, perception, reaction, tendency, liking, and disliking. In addition, each mood is illustrated with a short example narrative and a collection of four images. The typology was generated by combining the results of two studies. With a lexical analysis and researcher introspections, Study 1 examined 135 mood words, which resulted in an initial identification of mood states and corresponding verbal and pictorial descriptions. Study 2 validated and enriched these results with a phenomenological analysis of 159 introspective mood samples that were collected by a group of nine co-researchers in a two-week mood diary exercise. The mood typology provides a fine-grained overview and a vocabulary of user moods. Designers and design researchers can use these results as a foundation for systematic mood-focused design research, as a means to develop mood sensibility and granularity (i.e., the ability to distinguish between moods and the variety of mood manifestations), and as a tool to facilitate user interviews in empathy-based design processes. Subject EmpathyMood GranularityMood TypologyMood-focused DesignRich Description To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:5416922a-889b-4a04-8d52-542c3b166f50 ISSN 1991-3761 Source International Journal of Design, 14 (1), 1-18 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 H. Xue, P.M.A. Desmet, S.F. Fokkinga Files PDF 884.pdf 1.91 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:5416922a-889b-4a04-8d52-542c3b166f50/datastream/OBJ/view