affective design

Reuters has an article about “Affluenza“; how rampant consumerism appears to be increasing the incidence of depression and mental illness all over the globe… Read more

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Last September, I was in Sweden to give a presentation at Design and Emotion 2006. While shopping in a local department store, I came across a pair of pants that I liked… Read more

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The recent introduction of the iPhone has me thinking again about how Apple excels at communicating a consistent personality for each of their products… Read more

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An article on ScienceBlog.com discusses how researchers have used a functional MRI to image the brains of shoppers while they make purchase decisions… Read more

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Medical News Today has an article about how feelings of self-esteem affect materialistic values in youths and adolescents… Read more

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EE Times has an article about how people exposed to poorly designed and hosted websites exhibit symptoms similar to those experienced during road rage… Read more

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A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that positive moods foster creative thought… Read more

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Creative Generalist has an interview with Jane Fulton Suri from IDEO about tapping into what she calls the “empathic economy”… Read more

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New Scientist has an article about how making complex decisions by relying on the unconscious mind results in more satisfaction… Read more

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NY Magazine has an article about burnout in the workplace. The article is notable in that it talks about how one of the effects of the “always on” economy is… Read more

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From the website Design & Emotion, Marco van Hout interviews business leaders and folks from leading design agencies on the topic of emotion and design… Read more

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