Beyond surprise: A longitudinal study on the experience of visual-tactual incongruities in products

When people encounter products with visual-tactual incongruities, they are likely to be surprised because the product feels different than expected. In this paper, we investigate (1) the relationship between surprise and the overall liking of the products, (2) the emotions associated with surprise, and (3) the long-term effects of surprise. We...

On the moment-to-moment measurement of emotion during person-product interaction: By means of video-supported retrospective self-report, with some ancillary remarks on other issues in design-related emotion measurement

This thesis investigated the measurement of emotion during short episodes of interaction between products and their users. Chapter 2 is a review of the many ways that have been used to measure emotions, organized according to the component of emotion involved: feelings, bodily changes, and facial expression. Measurement based on bodily changes...

Shoes, Cars, and Other Love Stories: Investigating The Experience of Love for Products

People often say they love a product. What do they really mean when they say this, and is this a phenomenon that is relevant to the field of design? Findings from a preliminary study in this thesis indicated that people describe their love as a rewarding, long-term, and dynamic experience that arises from a meaningful relationship built with...

Emotion driven design of an autoerotic stimulator: An engaging masturbation expercience through the usage of sexual self stimulation massager

Masturbation is now proven to be beneficial to both physical and psychological well being. Within the focus of this project, in order to emphasize the aspect of well being the term autoerotic activity replaces masturbation. Autoerotic activity focuses on the whole body and any self induced erotic activity rather than only the stimulation of the...

Food for thought: Designing emotional goal engagement using paradoxical concerns

The project consisted of recurrent research and design cycles during which a tool has been developed to communicate the inspiring nature of conflicting emotional concerns and suggest ways on how to adopt them in specific design projects. Within this process, a design assignment given by Studio Katja Gruijters has been used as a case study to...

Improving the user experience of nasoenteral tube feeding

This graduation project originates from a discomfort of a patient who couldn’t obtain common food in a natural way due to an obstruction in the digestive tract. Therefore, the patient needed tube feeding, which had to be administered into the digestive tract using a nasoenteral feeding tube. Despite the importance of the tube, the user...

Emotional Engineers: Toward Morally Responsible Design

Engineers are normally seen as the archetype of people who make decisions in a rational and quantitative way. However, technological design is not value neutral. The way a technology is designed determines its possibilities, which can, for better or for worse, have consequences for human wellbeing. This leads various scholars to the claim that...