Hi, I am Marco, initiator of this website on design and emotion.

Since 2004, this website has grown into an internationally renowned source for information on design, experience design and the emotional side of our experiences of products, brands and services. Design & Emotion is visited approximately by 30.000 visitors each month, and this number is still growing.

The interviews I regularly publish with leading experts attract both professionals as students to this website in their hunger to learn from the big guys and get inspired (or even: get emotional!)
Since recently, it is also possible to read personal columns that have been sent in by designers and experts from the field.

You can contact me to speak or write about designing for emotion at or for your company, organization, creative team, etc. I also facilitate the workshop “Get emotional. An introduction to design for emotion” together with Paul Hughes, which is a great way for creatives or those interested to be introduced to the subject.

If you would like to make suggestions for or contribute to this website (by writing a column for example), please contact me.

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Biography

Marco van Hout (The Netherlands) holds a master degree in Communication Sciences, specializing in the emotional experience of (interactive) products, brands and services.

Marco is a founding partner of Monito Design & Internet, a company that specializes in innovative solutions for Internet applications. Marco is also co-founder and creative director of SusaGroup, a company that specializes in enabling companies to create more meaningful experiences through their products or services. SusaGroup also offers workshops, training and consultancy to companies and organizations who want to learn what impact their designs, products or services have on consumers’ experiences and how they can use this knowledge to improve those experiences. Marco is often invited to speak on the topic of design and emotion on corporate events, seminars, conferences or congresses.

Marco is also the ambassador for the Design & Emotion Society. Furthermore, he is editor of the internationally renowned website “design & emotion“? where he publishes interviews with leading design professionals from some of the most respected brands and writes about the emotional impact of design, brands and services.

SusaGroup

“The SusaGroup enables and supports you
to design meaningful and rich experiences.”

• Experience strategy and design consultancy
• Study of emotional experiences
• “Design for experience” workshops and training

Monito Design & Internet

Monito is a creative and innovative organisation that offers advice, design and implementation of corporate and experience design and internet applications for local government, research institutions, and companies. We distinguish ourselves with flexible, reliable and user friendly solutions.

Monito specialises in finding innovative solutions for improving user experience. We have developed methodology and a tool that analyses the emotional experience of users (in interaction with a website). With the gathered information, designs can be improved in such a way that people will actually start enjoying your product, service or brand.

Please contact us if you would like us to help you improve the (emotional) experience of your customers.