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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Enhancements to a product come primarily by watching how people use what exists today, discovering difficulties, and then overcoming them.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
the bottles serve as mementos of those occasions, taking on a special emotional value, becoming meaningful objects,
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
reflective design considers the rationalization and intellectualization of a product.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
happy people are more effective in finding alternative solutions and, as a result, are tolerant of minor difficulties.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
Bottom-up processes are those driven by perception whereas top-down are driven by thought.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
The behavioral and reflective levels, however, are very sensitive to experiences, training, and education. Cultural views have huge impact here: what one culture finds appealing, another may not.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
How do you design something so that it can change from invoking a positive affect to invoking a negative one? There are several ways. One is through the use of sound.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
three different aspects of design: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. Visceral design concerns itself with appearances.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago
four components of good behavioral design: function, understandability, usability, and physical feel.
from Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things by Don Norman
Sarah Wong added 6mo ago