Archive for November, 2006
Interviews on Emotion and Design
From the website Design & Emotion, Marco van Hout interviews business leaders and folks from leading design agencies on the topic of emotion and design…
Purchase Decisions are Based on Emotional Meaning
ABC News has an article about how marketers use the emotional associations we have with their brands to influence our purchase decisions… Read more
2. The Influence of Emotional Affect
In order to understand and apply emotions to the practice of design, it’s necessary to understand what differentiates different types of emotions, and the effect of emotions on… Read more
Representing Emotions on the Internet
The W3C has created a group to explore the increased use of emotional cues on the web, including a set language for representing and annotating emotions… Read more
Detecting Aggression on the Street
New Scientist Tech has an article about how the town of Groningen in the Netherlands has installed microphones at street level to help monitor the ‘emotional’ activity on the street… Read more
Brands and the Emotion Economy
Hotel News has an article about how brands need to respond to customers’ emotional needs to build and sustain brand loyalty. The article focuses on three key points, paraphrased below… Read more
How’s the internet feeling today?
We Feel Fine is the brainchild of ‘harvests’ human feelings (nice image ;-)) from weblogs by searching for the phrases “I feel” and “I am feeling” and then identifying the…
Detect the ‘Mood’ of the Room
Steve Portigal sent me a link about a Japanese system called the Symbiotic Hosting Online Jog Instrument (SHQJI). This product can… Read more
