Related organisations

The Design & Emotion society is a non-profit organisation that raises issues and facilitates dialogue among practitioners, researchers, and industry in order to integrate salient themes of emotional experience into the design profession. If you are interested in design & emotion reserach, you may want to consider becoming a (free) member of this society. Be sure to check the student showcases and the knowledge base.
Visit the website: www.designandemotion.org

Related websites

Affective Design
Affectivedesign.org is run by Trevor van Gorp, and dedicated to exploring the “heart�? of design; the effects of design on the emotional affect created by products, brands and services.

Demystifying Usability
Frank Spillers blogs on usability and emotion & design from Portland, Oregon.

Designing Emotions – Pieter Desmet
Pieter Desmet promoted with his very interesting dissertation “Designing Emotions”. Worth a visit and definitely worth buying.

JND.org
JND.org is the website of design and usability guru Donald Norman, author of the book “Emotional Design – why we love (or hate) everyday things”.

Logic + Emotion
David Armano is a Creative VP at Digitas. And this is his personal blog. Logic+Emotion exists at the intersection of Marketing 2.0, Brand Engagement and Experience Design—where passive consumers are transformed into active participants.

Nathan Shedroff
Nathan Shedroff has been an information and interface designer for over twelve years. He focuses on developing online experiences, building online brand strategies and business models, and developing online communities.

Putting People First
Mark Vanderbeeken is co-founder and partner of Experientia, an Italian based experience design firm that focuses on mobile divices. His weblog Putting People First is all about related subjects and experience design in general.

Total Experience
Very personal and rich website where Bob Jacobson and Paula Thornton share with us their views and opinions on experience design and people centered design. A must read.