An important aspect of artifact/product design is defining the aesthetic and emotional value.
The success of a product is not only dependent on it's functionality but also on the emotional …

The aesthetics of a product influences the decisions made by consumers when purchasing
products. Research has shown that designers are not always successful in creating a …

Defining the aesthetic and emotional value of a product is an important consideration for its
design. Furthermore, if several designers are faced with the task of creating an object that …

Nowadays, the end-user's emotional engagement on commercial products has become
more and more highlighted. Product developers' and designers' jobs are beyond the …

In this paper, we explore how shape changing interfaces might be used to communicate
emotions. We present two studies, one that investigates which shapes users might create …

The user experience of a product is recognized as having an increasing importance in
particular in consumer products. Current approaches to designing user experiences are not …

A shape specification system based on fuzzy logic is proposed, which aims to facilitate
designers in conceptual design stage by allowing them to specify and work with rough …

Much research work has been devoted to developing techniques for improving the
capabilities of computer aided design (CAD) systems for limited engineering and …

People generally evaluate products' physical characteristics according to initial visual
impressions. Previous investigations have demonstrated that sharp or curved characteristics …

There are three main issues when trying to capture the customer's need for a product's
emotional quality such as its aesthetics. The first is that customers have difficulty …