Wearing Black when Feeling Blue: An explorative research on how to design clothes to induce either a cheerful or a relaxed mood

The central question for this thesis project was how you can design outfits and garments that deliberately influence or induce moods. The focus of this project was on both a cheerful mood, as well as on a relaxed mood. It became apparent that the relation between moods and fashion is constructed of many facets. There are materialistic properties...

Ginnasio: Home furniture to support physical exercise

This graduation project is a demonstration of the potentialities of a theory-based approach to design for mood regulation, which is based on the belief that design can influence mood by enabling and stimulating people to engage in effective mood-regulating activities.<br/><br/>For this project, the western home bathroom was chosen as a context...

Food for Mood: A study to unravel our moody food interactions

Food and mood are inseparably connected to each other. What you eat has an influence on how you feel. On the other hand, the mood you are in influences what you (would like to) eat. Why do we choose certain products, and why do these products give us comfort? This was the theme of this graduation project.<br/><br/>Prior research on food and mood...

Puzzled: A stress lowering interaction for elderly with dementia

This graduation project focuses on the stressful moments of elderly people with dementia, caused by changes in their environment. A research through design approach was followed with the aim to design a product that reduces the amount of stress experienced by the elderly. During the analysis phase, five different studies have been performed to...

An Acquired Fragrance

Present Moments is a product that helps children sleep by inviting the parents to a ritual of noticing serene little moments at home with their children, and to add a fragrance to this moment. Repeated use will strengthen the association between the fragrance and the serene mood. During bedtime the fragrance can be added to recreate this relaxed...

Design for mood: Twenty activity-based opportunities to design for mood regulation

This paper introduces a theory-based approach to design for mood regulation. The main proposition is that design can best influence mood by enabling and stimulating people to engage in a broad range of mood-regulating activities. The first part of the manuscript reviews state-of-the art mood-focused design research initiatives, grouped into four...