design & emotion

Interviews

> Getting emotional with leading design experts

» List of previous interviews

Thoughs & Feelings

> Opinion and updates

  • D&E2010 conference – Call for Papers revised!
    February 2, 2010

    Are you considering to submit a paper for the Design & Emotion Conference in Chicago this year? Please read the revised call for papers with important additions such as a special topic session and the extended deadline (new deadline for full papers is March 15th!)

  • workshop: RKS Brings Predictable Magic to Interaction10
    January 26, 2010

    RKS team members Harnish Jani, Deepa Prahalad, and Ko Nakatsu will be conducting a workshop entitled “Predictable Magic: Designing Emotional Interactions and Business Results” on February 4th at Interaction10 in Savannah, GA. Sounds pretty interesting to me!

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From ... with love

> Leading designers share their passion

  • The Power of Nostalgia in Advertising
    Dr. Bob Deutsch (Owner at Brain Sells)

    While science is still struggling to unravel the neuro-dynamics of nostalgia, studies have identified some nostalgic cues that can be exploited and how images and sounds from the past can create favorable attitudes about products.

  • Sustaining the Human-Object Relationship
    Tara Mullaney (Graduate student at School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

    Is it possible to build deeper, reciprocal relationships between an object and its user? Can we create emotional connections with objects by re-assessing and re-designing our interactions with them?

  • Emotion comes full circle
    Michael Rottmar (Founder and director at Miroco)

    Michael Rottmar of Miroco in Germany, designed an interesting wall cabinet that focuses on eliciting an emotional reaction. In this short column he shares with us how the design of the cabinet came about.

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Concepts

> Demystifying design for emotion

Concepts

> Master classes, workshops, lectures

SusaGroup offers tailored master classes, workshops and lectures on the topics of experience design and design for emotion. Find out more below:

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Perspective

> Share your examples of emotional designs

Add a photo of your example to the Design & Emotion group on Flickr and have it displayed on this site:

Mouth urinal

Mouth urinal by larsrengersen