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- Samavati, S. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author) book 2022
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- Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Fokkinga, S.F. (author), Xue, H. (author) book 2020
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- Sönmez, A. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Romero Herrera, N.A. (author) book 2022
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- Desmet, P.M.A. (author) book 2018
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- Wormgoor, R. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author) book 2018
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- Desmet, P.M.A. (author) book 2020
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author)Although individuals may have different goals and wishes on the surface, deep down we all want the same things. Our fundamental needs are universal: Regardless of culture, age, and lifestyle, everyone ultimately has the same set of needs.<br/>Needs are the basic requirements for our functioning and the nutriments for our well-being and...book 2020
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Petermans, Ann (author), Poldma, Tiiu (author), Cain, Rebecca (author), Ozkaramanli-Leerkes, Deger (author), Tonetto, Leandro (author), Pohlmeyer, A.E. (author), Hassenzahl, M (author), Laschke, Matthias (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)The chairs' editorial for the theme track of SIGWELL, the Design Research Society's Special Interest Group (SIG) focusing on Design for Wellbeing, Happiness and Health.book chapter 2022
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author)Een kernvraag in de positieve psychologie is hoe welbevinden doelbewust kan worden versterkt. Naast het ontwikkelen van kennis representeert die vraag ook de ambitie om mensen effectief te ondersteunen bij hun streven naar welbevinden. Een veelgenoemde kerntaak van positieve psychologen is dan ook het ontwikkelen van positief-psychologische...book chapter 2021
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Pohlmeyer, A.E. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)In this chapter, we outline why and how design can (and cannot) support the sustainable wellbeing of individuals and communities. Building on findings of well-being researchers, we first address the reasons why material well-being, as experienced through the consumpfion and ownership of products and goods, does not necessarily contribute to...book chapter 2017
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Ruijs, F. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Sonneveld, M.H. (author)The design & emotion research domain has produced a rich palette of theoretical and methodological approaches that support designers in their attempts to ‘design for emotion’. In this paper, we focus on situations that involve negative emotions that cannot easily be ‘solved’ through design (for example, sadness caused by the loss of a loved one)...conference paper 2012
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Yoon, J. (author), Pohlmeyer, A.E. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)This paper addresses how design activities can be supported to evoke nuanced positive emotions through a design case. The topic of nuances of positive emotions and values of differentiating positive emotions in a design process are discussed. The case follows appraisal approach, which implicates that the way people appraise an event determines...conference paper 2014
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Ortiz Nicolas, J.C. (author), Aurisicchio, M. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)This study reports qualitative research about how users experience great products. Eighteen interviews were conducted in which participants were asked to bring along a ‘great’ product that they own. During the interviews participants explained why they consider a product great and how they experience it. The experiences were categorised in two...conference paper 2013
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De Francisco Vela, S. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Casais, M. (author)The act of saving money can connect one’s present state to a meaningful future state, especially if we consider money not as a direct source of happiness, but as a resource for engaging in meaningful activities. To explore how design can contribute to making the act of saving more meaningful, we conducted two studies. The first consisted of...conference paper 2014
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- Yoon, J. (author), Pohlmeyer, A.E. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author) conference paper 2014
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Ozkaramanli, D. (author), Ozcan Vieira, E. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)This paper starts from the proposition that concern conflicts can be powerful starting points for user-centered design processes. Our focus is on the challenge to identify conflicting concerns that are both inspiring and relevant in the context of use, or in the user’s general context of life. First, three main ingredients of concern conflict...conference paper 2014
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Guiza Caicedo, D. (author), Van Hout, M. (author)Emotions experienced in response to hotel services were examined with an online questionnaire. The study resulted in 348 cases of hotel service emotions. The frequency of reported pleasant emotions was similar to the frequency of reported unpleasant emotions. Often reported pleasant emotions were satisfaction, enjoyment, and admiration. Often...conference paper 2009
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Tonetto, L.M. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)This paper presents an approach to developing surveys that measure user experiences with the use of natural everyday language. The common approach to develop questionnaires that measure experience is to translate theoretical factors into verbal survey items. This theory-based approach can impair the questionnaire’s ecological validity because...conference paper 2012
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Laurans, G.F.G. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)Non-verbal emotion self-report methods have flourished in the last 10 years. We present the theoretical basis underlying non-verbal self-report, review available tools, and discuss perspectives for further progress in measurement practices in design-oriented emotion research. We describe a new questionnaire following these perspectives and the...conference paper 2012
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Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Hekkert, P.P.M. (author), van Erp, J. (author)This paper reports an experience-driven design project that was commissioned by the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum. The aim was to cause a shift in the relationship between visitors and the art collection from one that is experienced as ‘distant’ to one that is experienced as ‘committed’. In five steps, an online application was conceptualised, developed...conference paper 2009